About Rebecca
Rebecca St. James focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, or navigating big life changes. She introduces calm, simple steps to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, panic, and grief.
Rebecca uses clear language and practical tools so parents and adults can use them between sessions. She holds a CSW-PIP and is an LMSW - licensed master social worker - and brings four years of clinical experience in Michigan. Rebecca pulls from client-centered care to meet each person where they are.
Background and approach
She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is part of her work too, helping people notice difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them. Sessions aim to be straightforward and respectful.
Rebecca listens for a person’s strengths and builds steps that feel doable. She supports people coping with trauma, bipolar mood changes, postpartum challenges, anger, low self-esteem, and isolation. Her practice also addresses parenting stress, relationship separations, body image, seasonal mood shifts, self-harm concerns, and grief.
Rebecca uses mindfulness and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy where helpful to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. People can expect a collaborative approach that sets small, measurable goals. She encourages questions and adjusts methods to match each person’s needs.
Beginning therapy is presented as a step-by-step process rather than a single fix.
Therapeutic approaches available online
Rebecca draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns that keep them stuck and try new behaviors that improve mood and reduce anxiety. CBT sessions often include short exercises and homework that a person can use between meetings.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pulled off course, then take actions that match their values. That approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life-transition work.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Rebecca talks with each person about goals and preferences and mixes methods to fit their needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans based on what is helping.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people engage. Video calls provide face-to-face time for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options help people fit care into busy days without extra travel.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- South Dakota, Michigan
- Languages
- English
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