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Rebecca Shaughnessy

Practical, collaborative therapy for real-life struggles

LPC Alabama

Experience
5 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Bipolar
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Rebecca

Rebecca Shaughnessy is an LPC who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, mood disorders, and related challenges.

Background and approach

She brings five years of clinical experience and an approach grounded in collaboration and practical problem solving, encouraging clients to access their own resilience rather than relying solely on willpower. Rebecca frames therapy as a partnership where small, manageable steps can lead to meaningful change.

Her style blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques to address concerns such as OCD, panic attacks, relationship struggles, addictions, and compassion fatigue. Rebecca also supports work around life transitions, parenting pressures, career issues, ADHD, and more specialized topics like abandonment, attachment concerns, and financial stress.

Based in Alabama, she uses a mix of approaches selected to fit each person’s goals and preferences, inviting clients to explore solutions and build a stronger sense of self and coping capacity.

Rebecca emphasizes a warm, respectful therapeutic relationship as a foundation for growth, helping clients identify values, develop practical skills, and try new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and emotions. She welcomes people who are ready to begin exploring change and offers flexible online formats to make starting therapy easier.

Approach-Focused Online Care for Everyday Challenges

Rebecca integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to provide practical tools and values-based work. CBT centers on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, panic, OCD, and mood concerns. ACT emphasizes accepting difficult internal experiences while clarifying personal values and taking committed action, which often helps with stress, grief, and life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to each client's goals and preferences and then suggest strategies from these methods that fit the situation. Over time the plan can be adjusted so techniques and focus evolve with progress and changing needs.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to access therapy from home or other convenient locations. These options make it easier to fit consistent work into a busy life and to maintain momentum between sessions using tools and skills practiced in therapy.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Rebecca commonly address?
She works with a range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, mood disorders, OCD, panic disorder, relationship challenges, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is collaborative and client-centered, combining empathic listening with practical techniques to help clients take small steps toward meaningful change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience providing counseling services and draws on that background to tailor interventions to each client's needs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed as AL LPC LPC04481 and VA LPC 0701012817, and she practices from Alabama.
In which language can sessions be conducted and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCodependencyDivorce and separationEmptinessFirst responder issuesGuilt and shameMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Solution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Alabama, Virginia

Languages

English