Rebecca Phillips
Experienced LMFT guiding practical change
LMFT Texas
- Experience
- 35 years in practice
- Focus areas
- LGBT, Self esteem, Career
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Rebecca
Rebecca Phillips is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, identity questions, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental stance that invites clients to explore their thoughts and feelings while developing practical strategies for change. Her work often addresses areas such as grief, parenting, career challenges, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue, alongside topics related to sexuality, gender dysphoria, and non-monogamous relationships.
Drawing on approaches that include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered work, DBT, existential reflection, and mindfulness practices, she supports clients in identifying meaningful goals and cultivating skills for managing emotions and interpersonal patterns. Rebecca frames clients as the experts in their own lives and offers guidance to help them uncover personal solutions and build resilience.
She is licensed in Texas and Arizona and conducts sessions in English, bringing decades of clinical experience to each therapeutic relationship.
Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care
Rebecca often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered techniques to help people examine unhelpful thoughts, build new coping strategies, and develop clearer goals. CBT focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and teaches practical tools to reduce symptoms and improve functioning. Client-centered methods emphasize a respectful, empathic therapeutic relationship that supports self-discovery and personal agency.She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when appropriate, teaching emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness strategies that can be useful for managing intense feelings and relationship conflicts. These approaches can be applied to concerns like anxiety, depression, relationship strain, identity questions, and life transitions in a straightforward, skills-based way.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each client to clarify goals, test different strategies, and adjust methods based on what fits the clients preferences and needs. That collaborative stance guides treatment planning and the selection of techniques over time.
Online sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and varying comfort levels with technology. These formats make it possible to access licensed professionals from different locations and maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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Experience
35+ years
Licensed
Texas, Arizona
Languages
English