About Rebecca
Rebecca Levenson-Smith is a Maryland-based counselor with more than 11 years of experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and brings both clinical and classroom experience to her work. She has a background teaching high school students with emotional and behavioral disorders and also draws on an art background in her practice.
Her work is practical and focused on everyday problems. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and addiction.
Background and approach
She also supports people navigating relationship problems, major life changes, and issues with self-esteem or feeling isolated. Rebecca uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Her toolbox includes cognitive behavioral techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, emotionally-focused methods, and attachment-based perspectives.
She emphasizes understanding how patterns started and what keeps them going, then practices new skills to change those patterns. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person. Rebecca aims to identify clear goals and build on existing strengths.
She explains ideas plainly and practices skills together so people leave with tools they can use between sessions. Her background in schools, community mental health, and telehealth means she is comfortable working in different settings. Rebecca supports people through both sudden crises and slow, gradual change.
She focuses on helping clients find realistic steps toward feeling better.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Rebecca combines cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based therapy in ways that are easy to understand and use. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior experiments to change how someone feels. It can help with anxiety, depression, and mood problems. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current connection and trust; it can be useful for relationship issues, attachment concerns, and healing after loss or trauma.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rebecca will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose methods to try, track progress, and adjust as needed so the plan fits the person's life and aims.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people work face-to-face when that feels helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or people who prefer typing over talking. These options make it easier to fit regular care into busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English