Rebecca Hathorn, LCSW

Rebecca Hathorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She has 17 years of clinical experience and helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, and challenges with self-esteem. She also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, and life changes.

Rebecca uses clear, practical methods in sessions. She listens closely and offers reflections and concrete suggestions. She focuses on building a steady working relationship so people feel comfortable talking about what matters most to them.

Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered work, motivational interviewing, narrative methods, and solution-focused techniques. She mixes these to match a person’s needs, leaning on strategies that help manage thoughts, build coping skills, and set small, reachable goals.

Rebecca has practiced in settings that included foster care and work with transition-age youth. Over her career she has worked with people dealing with attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family challenges, and family-of-origin problems. She also brings experience with parenting stress and compassion fatigue.

Sessions are held online using messaging, live chat, phone, and video options. Rebecca usually checks messages twice daily and encourages people to reach out through messaging to coordinate scheduling. She aims to help people find practical ways to feel steadier and move forward.

How Rebecca blends approaches for online care

Rebecca commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and practice new coping skills. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing mood shifts by focusing on specific thoughts and behaviors.

She also practices client-centered therapy, which means sessions emphasize listening, acceptance, and the client’s own pace. This approach helps people feel heard and supports them in finding their own answers.

Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to explore readiness for change and to build motivation. It can be useful for career transitions, behavior change, or when someone feels stuck about next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rebecca discusses options with each person and adjusts methods to fit goals, needs, and preferences. The process is collaborative and focuses on what helps the client make progress.

Online formats include video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow fuller interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports frequent touchpoints between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity during transitions.