Therapist profile
Rebecca Hathorn, LCSW
California
LCSW - Anger and Relationship Concerns
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, California / 26832
- NPI1770624363
- Experience17 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationCalifornia
About
- anger management
- CBT techniques
- client-centered
About Rebecca
Rebecca Hathorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 17 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, and parenting challenges. She also supports clients facing relationship strain, grief, life changes, ADHD, and work-related stress.
Rebecca favors straightforward conversation and practical problem-solving. She listens, reflects, and offers suggestions that clients can try between sessions. Her approach is grounded in building a trusting working relationship where people can talk honestly about what is happening in their lives.
Her background includes many years working with foster youth, foster parents, and biological parents. That experience informs her work with attachment and adoption-related concerns, blended family issues, and fatherhood matters. She has experience helping people who feel isolated or who struggle with family of origin problems.
Rebecca draws on several therapy styles to suit different needs. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavioral experiments. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused steps are used to move toward goals when people feel stuck.
Her manner is direct and real. She encourages practical, small changes that add up. Sessions focus on clear problems like communication issues, control struggles, jealousy, or coping with grief and loss, and on everyday ways to manage strong emotions like anger.
How sessions work
Approaches used and how online sessions can help
Rebecca combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy in straightforward ways. Client-centered therapy means the conversation follows what matters most to the person, with the therapist reflecting back what she hears. This approach helps people who need space to sort feelings and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises for testing out different responses to anger and stress.She also uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and find the inner reasons to change. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. Rebecca will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then shape sessions collaboratively so they fit what the person wants to try.
The profile indicates messaging and live chat as existing formats, but readers should confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins during a break, and reduce the need to travel. They also let people build on work discussed in messages between scheduled talks. Check formats and scheduling details directly when arranging the first session.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she help with?
She supports people who snap at loved ones, bottle up resentment, or feel overwhelmed by someone else’s anger. Work, family, and parenting-related anger are all within her stated areas.
How would she approach my temper or irritability?
Her style is conversational and practical. She listens, offers reflections, and recommends small behavioral steps and thinking exercises to try between sessions.
How much experience does she bring to these concerns?
Rebecca has 17 years of experience working clinically and many years supporting foster youth, parents, and people coping with attachment and trauma-related issues.
What is her professional credential and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile notes messaging and live chat formats. Confirm current session options with her before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.