About Rebecca
Rebecca Kinnunen is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people face stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, and anger. Rebecca aims to offer a respectful, compassionate space where clients can begin to make changes.
Rebecca believes clients know their own stories and brings a strengths-based stance to each meeting. She listens for what matters most and helps people set small, workable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and grounded in day-to-day life rather than abstract theory. Her work often centers on managing strong emotions and improving communication. She helps people sort through what’s driving anger or worry and practices ways to respond differently.
Rebecca also supports people coping with life changes and the stress those changes bring. Rebecca has experience with issues that affect relationships and family dynamics. She helps people address blended family concerns, communication problems, codependency, jealousy, and commitment questions.
She also works with those facing workplace strains, body image worries, substance concerns, or the challenges of aging. People who come to Rebecca typically want straightforward strategies and a steady guide through hard moments. She encourages small steps, builds on strengths, and partners with clients as they try new approaches.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and Rebecca’s approach is to meet that step with practical support and clear goals.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Rebecca often uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and behavior change. One common approach emphasizes learning practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breath work, pacing activities, and step-by-step plans to face feared situations. These techniques help people reduce immediate distress and build confidence for daily challenges.Another useful approach centers on improving communication and relationship interactions. This involves practicing clear ways to express needs, setting limits, and trying small behavior changes to test new ways of relating. These methods support people working through family conflict, commitment questions, and workplace tensions.
Finding the right approach is part of the first sessions. Rebecca will work together with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their style, and adjust as progress is made. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person can manage.
Online sessions are offered by phone, video call, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and skills practice, phone can fit into a short break, and text or chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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