Rebecca Marrs, LMFT

Rebecca Marrs is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with ten years in the mental health field. She works with people across many life stages and backgrounds. Her approach begins with an intake and a conversational mental status check to understand why someone has come to therapy.

Rebecca draws on practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. She also supports those facing relationship or intimacy issues, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to chronic illness or ADHD. Sessions focus on setting clear, collaborative goals and taking steady steps toward them.

Her style centers on listening first and building trust. Rebecca asks about daily life, relationships, and priorities, then works with each person to shape the plan. People have input at every step and decide what feels most useful.

In session she uses techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, solution-focused tools, and trauma-focused approaches. Those methods are used to identify patterns, try small changes, and practice new habits between meetings.

Rebecca has experience in many settings including schools, community programs, agency work, in-home visits, and office-based care. That background informs a flexible, down-to-earth way of working with life changes and complicated stressors.

She conducts a collaborative intake to clarify therapeutic, personal, and professional goals. From there, treatment moves forward in ways chosen together, with regular check-ins to adjust the plan.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building a plan together. It emphasizes listening, validation, and making sure the work reflects the client's priorities, which helps shape goals no matter the setting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and tries small, practical experiments to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by practicing new skills between sessions.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. It can be helpful for stress, trauma symptoms, and compassion fatigue by training calm responses to difficult moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits often help people maintain consistency and apply skills in their everyday lives.