- Attachment-based approach
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Emotion-focused work
About Rebecca
Rebecca Sperber is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and depression. Rebecca helps people address these issues using a conversational, person-focused style.
Her background includes long-term practice supporting people through attachment and abandonment concerns. She also has experience with body image, communication problems, codependency, and commitment issues. Rebecca has worked with clients managing chronic illness, caregiver stress, cancer, and aging-related matters.
Rebecca uses approaches that include attachment-based techniques, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior methods, and emotionally-focused work. In sessions she listens, reflects, and offers concrete tools to try between meetings. Sessions often look like talking through recent events, testing different ways to respond, and practicing small behavior changes.
She aims to help people untangle patterns that keep them stuck in anxious or avoidant ways of relating. That can mean focusing on how early relationships influence current trust and closeness, or on building skills to manage intense emotions and urges. Rebecca draws from several methods to match the work to each person’s concerns.
Clients who want to begin a first appointment are asked to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule a session. Rebecca sees adults in California and conducts sessions in English.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. In online sessions this can mean talking through patterns of trust and closeness and trying new ways of relating in real time. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Online CBT sessions often include short experiments, homework, and concrete skills to reduce anxiety or manage urges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and concerns and then suggest which methods to try first. That discussion is collaborative - you and the therapist decide together which tools feel most useful and can be adjusted as the work progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy schedule by avoiding travel and allowing appointments during breaks or between classes or work shifts. They also make it easier to use written exercises or screen-sharing for worksheets. Ask about the practical options offered so you can pick what suits your routine.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
35+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and depression, plus related matters such as abandonment and communication problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and client-centered. She listens, reflects, and offers practical strategies you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 35 years of professional experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices with clients located in that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English only. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are used?
Please confirm current session format options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
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