About Rebecca
Rebecca Hegwood is a licensed professional counselor practicing in South Carolina. She earned her degree from the University of South Carolina’s Rehabilitation Counseling program and has about 10 years of experience in outpatient, community, and personal settings. Rebecca focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Her background includes work with people facing severe and persistent mental illness and a range of mood and behavior concerns.
Background and approach
She uses a person-centered stance that emphasizes listening without judgment and building on each person’s strengths. That approach helps clients feel respected and more able to decide next steps for their lives. Rebecca blends different methods rather than using a single style.
She often uses cognitive and dialectical behavioral techniques when they fit a person’s needs. Mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas also show up in her work to help people relate to hard thoughts and feelings differently. Sessions are collaborative.
Rebecca helps set practical goals and adjusts them as progress is made. She aims to make counseling supportive and encouraging, with an emphasis on problem-solving and skill building. Outside of specific techniques, Rebecca talks with each person about what matters most to them.
She focuses on small, usable changes that add up over time. That steady, practical approach is meant to help people move toward greater balance and well-being.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and values, then take small actions toward what matters despite difficult feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replace them with more effective behaviors, which can ease mood and worry. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they’ll choose or combine methods and adjust them over time so the plan fits the person’s needs. Online sessions make regular work on skills easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick reflections, check-ins between sessions, and reinforcement of skills learned during appointments. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to keep up with while working on real change.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, North Carolina
- Languages
- English