Rebecca Marrs, LMFT

Rebecca Marrs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California. She brings ten years of mental health experience and works with people across the lifespan, including infancy through old age. Rebecca listens, asks clear questions, and helps clients name goals before planning the work together.

She meets each person where they are and starts with an intake that includes a mental status exam. That intake is conversational and helps Rebecca understand why someone has started therapy. From there she collaborates with the client to set personal and professional goals that guide future sessions.

Rebecca uses straightforward, practical approaches in the room. She draws on client-centered methods to follow what matters to the person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques to address thoughts, behaviors, and emotional regulation.

Her background includes work in homes, schools, community settings, agencies, and office practice. She has experience with people who have histories of foster care or adoption, trauma, domestic violence, chronic illness, and a range of mood and anxiety diagnoses. She also supports those dealing with grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and caregiving stress.

People often come for help with stress, sleep problems, ADHD, intimacy and communication struggles, or major life changes. Rebecca aims to make sessions a collaborative space where clients feel heard and have a say in each step of the process.

How Rebecca’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the person. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, reflects what she hears, and works with the client to choose the topics that feel most important. This approach helps people feel heard and steer the pace of therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many everyday problems that cause stress.

Mindfulness therapy teaches ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without immediately reacting. It offers short exercises to reduce rumination and to improve stress management and emotional regulation.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Rebecca will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly to adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Different approaches also shape session activities - for example CBT may include homework practices while mindfulness sessions often use guided exercises during the meeting.