Rebecca Levenson-Smith
Collaborative therapist blending insight and skills
MD, LCPC Maryland
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Rebecca
Rebecca Levenson-Smith is a licensed clinical professional counselor (MD, LCPC) practicing in Maryland with 11 years of clinical experience. She transitioned into therapy after teaching high school students with emotional and behavioral disorders and brings that classroom experience and an art background into her clinical work.
Background and approach
Her path includes roles in community mental health across school-based, in-home, office, and telehealth settings, which inform a flexible approach to care. Rebecca draws on a range of therapeutic models, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, tailoring interventions to each person's needs.
She has worked with children, adolescents, families, couples, groups, and individual adults addressing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, grief, addiction, anger, and self-esteem difficulties. She also focuses on attachment issues, caregiver stress, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia.
Her style blends insight-oriented work with practical coping strategies, emphasizing collaboration to set and reach therapeutic goals. Rebecca aims to meet clients where they are, reinforce strengths, and support meaningful change through a combination of understanding, skill-building, and creative therapeutic tools.
Approaches and Flexibility in Online Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and building practical strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes values-guided action and learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and emotions, supporting work on life purpose, grief, and mood challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current connections, which can be useful for relationship concerns and attachment issues.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand goals, preferences, and needs, adjusting methods and combining elements from different models as appropriate to create a personalized plan.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it possible to fit sessions into varied schedules and life demands. These options support continuity of care across locations and allow therapists and clients to focus on practical skill-building, emotional processing, and relationship work in formats that suit each client’s routine and communication style.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English