About Becky
Becky Loving is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of clinical work based in Oregon. She earned a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling and has long focused on anxiety, stress, depression, and eating and body image concerns. Becky aims to listen first and help people find practical ways to feel steadier and more in control.
Becky uses a person-centered stance that keeps the client's goals in view.
Background and approach
She combines straightforward skills-based work with trauma-informed care when needed. In sessions she often teaches breathing and grounding techniques, patterns to change unhelpful thoughts, and ways to rebuild self-worth. Her practice includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy as core approaches.
She also uses EMDR in some situations, and adapts methods to match what each person needs. Becky encourages open communication about what is and isn’t helping. Common issues she addresses include anxiety, stress, depression, career concerns, and trauma and abuse.
She also helps with eating and food-related struggles, body image, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness coping, and relationship communication problems. Becky offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. She asks people to share what works best and helps set a plan that fits their daily life.
How Becky’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and take small steps toward what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and low mood by clarifying values and building committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, often using short exercises and homework that translate well to remote sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional charge; when offered it can be adapted for online delivery in some cases.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then try methods that fit. Over a few sessions Becky reviews what helps and adjusts the plan so the work is both practical and personally meaningful.
Online therapy offers schedule flexibility and different ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and more interactive exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit counseling into work, caregiving, and other daily demands while using the therapeutic tools discussed above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Oregon, Connecticut, Arizona, Alaska, Washington
- Languages
- English
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