Rebecca Wagner, LMHC

Rebecca Wagner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings 19 years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting stress, relationship and family concerns, and issues like ADHD, grief, and anger.

Her style is straightforward and client-centered. She treats each person as the expert on their life and offers practical tools to try between meetings. Sessions often include skill teaching and short check-ins to practice new strategies as problems come up.

Rebecca uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), along with motivational and solution-focused techniques. She adapts methods to what a person needs most, aiming for clear steps and manageable goals rather than long explanations.

Over nearly two decades she has worked with a wide range of difficulties, including trauma, self-harm urges, panic, and problems related to adoption and foster care or autism. Her work also covers communication problems, impulsivity, and coping with life changes.

Telehealth is part of her practice and she often uses brief contacts and skills coaching between sessions. People who want a non-judgmental setting and practical tools may find her approach helpful.

Practical approaches for online skill building

Rebecca uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try out new behaviors. CBT is used for problems like anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and managing stress by breaking issues into clear steps.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for emotion regulation and coping skills. DBT emphasizes specific techniques for handling strong feelings, improving tolerance of distress, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust plans as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a shorter option when a quick check-in is needed or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people share updates, practice skills between sessions, or get brief support without waiting for the next appointment.