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Rebecca Andersen, LMFT

  • Experience21 years
  • LocationMinnesota
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Rebecca

Rebecca Andersen is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Minnesota who works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns as well as a wide range of related issues.

Background and approach

With 21 years of clinical experience, she draws on practical psychotherapy tools to help clients identify patterns, reduce distress, and build clearer priorities for change. Her practice emphasizes a collaborative, client-centered stance that invites people to bring their stories and goals into sessions.

Rebecca integrates Internal Family Systems ideas alongside cognitive and emotion-focused techniques to explore difficult feelings, repair relationships, and address trauma, attachment wounds, or identity-related concerns. Mindfulness practices and narrative methods are used to strengthen coping and reshape unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Clients can expect an approachable, warm environment where therapist and client work together to uncover sources of pain and try concrete strategies for moving forward. Rebecca’s background in family systems informs her ability to see relational patterns and tailor interventions so individuals and couples can pursue greater well-being and more satisfying connections.

Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care

Rebecca often uses Internal Family Systems to help clients understand and relate to different parts of themselves, which can be useful for working through trauma, inner conflict, and self-criticism. Client-Centered Therapy is another core element of her work and focuses on creating an accepting, nonjudgmental space where a person’s own goals and values guide the process. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is also part of her toolkit and offers practical techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety, depression, or relationship strain.

Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Rebecca partners with clients to determine which combination of methods best fits their needs and goals, adjusting direction as progress and preferences emerge. This allows the work to remain flexible and responsive to what actually helps.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people juggling work, family, or mobility constraints. These formats make it possible to continue consistent therapeutic work from different locations and to use shorter or more frequent contacts when that supports progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Rebecca commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family difficulties, as well as intimacy-related issues, parenting, career transitions, trauma and many related areas listed in her profile.
What is Rebecca's therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, blending cognitive, narrative, emotionally-focused and mindfulness-based methods to help clients explore feelings and try practical strategies.
How long has she been practicing?
Rebecca brings 21 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples and families in a range of life and relationship challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMFT licensed in Minnesota with the credential MN LMFT 1995, and she provides services while located in Minnesota.
Does Rebecca provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients may meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and scheduling.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

Antisocial personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsDissociationDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPostpartum depressionSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Social anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

21+ years

Licensed

Minnesota

Languages

English