Dr. Rebecca Wiersma

Dr. Rebecca Wiersma is a licensed social worker with a Doctor of Philosophy focused on social work practice. She brings 11 years of experience in the mental health field. She helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and stress. She also supports those facing parenting and attachment questions.

Her work centers on meeting each person where they are. She uses a client-centered stance that lets the person guide goals and pace. From there she blends approaches to match the concern and the person’s needs.

Rebecca draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She uses attachment-informed ideas when relationship history affects current struggles. Mindfulness tools are offered to build distress tolerance and present-moment focus.

She has experience helping with grief, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Additional areas she addresses include adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, communication problems, and divorce and separation concerns.

Sessions aim to be practical and focused on real-life change. She works with people who want to reduce symptoms and improve everyday functioning. To begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a time that fits your needs.

Approaches that translate to online work

Attachment-informed work focuses on how early relationships shape current reactions. Online sessions can use this approach to identify relationship patterns and practice new ways of connecting and responding. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks concerns into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses straightforward exercises to change patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and mood regulation in an online format. Mindfulness-based techniques teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they set priorities, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people try different tools and homework between sessions, so progress can continue outside of appointment time.