Rebecca Marrs, LMFT

Rebecca Marrs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with ten years in the mental health field. She works with people across many stages of life and draws on that wide experience to guide conversations about stress, relationships, grief, and midlife transitions. Rebecca begins by asking what brought someone to therapy and what they hope to change. She emphasizes collaboration so the goals reflect each person's needs and values.

Rebecca has worked in homes, schools, community settings, agencies, and a private office. That variety shaped a practical style that focuses on what helps in daily life. She often starts with a clear intake and a mental status check to understand immediate needs and safety. From there she and the client set achievable short- and longer-term goals.

Her approach mixes client-centered listening with active techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods. Rebecca also uses mindfulness and trauma-focused work when those strategies suit the situation. Sessions aim to be straightforward - identifying unhelpful patterns, testing small changes, and tracking progress.

People come to Rebecca for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, sleep problems, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, caregiving strain, chronic illness, adoption and foster care history, and life transitions such as separation or divorce.

Sessions are intended to leave people feeling heard and understood while offering practical steps to try between meetings. Rebecca invites clients to take an active role in shaping therapy and to check in often about how the work is going.

How Rebecca’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel understood and can set their own goals. Online sessions let that collaborative conversation continue even when schedules are tight. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and tests small changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or sleep trouble. That step-by-step work can be done through discussion and short between-session exercises. Mindfulness therapy teaches noticing thoughts and bodily sensations with less judgment to reduce stress and improve attention; simple breathing and grounding practices are easy to practice between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rebecca will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Decisions about pacing, the mix of techniques, and which skills to try are made together so the work fits daily life.

The practical benefit of online therapy is flexibility for people with busy schedules or caregiving duties. Confirm the current session formats before booking, as this profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit regular check-ins into a workday, use shorter phone check-ins when bandwidth is limited, or practice mindfulness exercises between meetings. Licensed professionals can tailor meeting frequency and homework to what works in a person’s routine.