Rebecca Preston

Rebecca Preston is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with eight years of clinical experience. She has spent much of her career supporting people affected by substance use and the range of emotional and physical challenges that often come with addiction. Rebecca is direct and warm in session, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable rather than overwhelming.

She has worked with people who carry complex trauma, including intergenerational trauma and childhood attachment wounds. Rebecca also has experience with mood conditions such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, plus various personality patterns that can complicate relationships and daily life. Her caseload has included clients from many cultural backgrounds and a wide age range.

Rebecca uses a client-centered, mindfulness-based style. Sessions often focus on slowing down, noticing what comes up in the body and mind, and practicing small, usable skills. She brings compassion and a light touch, and she values helping people learn to treat themselves with more kindness.

In practical terms Rebecca aims to teach tools people can use between sessions. That may include brief behavioral experiments, grounding and breathing practices, and strategies to manage urges and strong emotions. She frames recovery and wellness as an ongoing process and sees her role as a steady companion on that path.

People usually come to her for help with stress, anger, sleep problems, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, grief, and coping with life changes. Rebecca encourages anyone curious about therapy to reach out and begin by sharing what feels most pressing to them.

How Rebecca's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Rebecca commonly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness-based, client-centered work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavioral changes to reduce distress and improve coping. It is often practical for anxiety, mood concerns, and managing urges related to addiction.

Mindfulness-based, client-centered work emphasizes present-moment awareness and gentle curiosity toward thoughts and feelings. This approach can help with stress, sleep problems, anger, and trauma-related symptoms by teaching simple grounding and breathing practices and by building self-compassion.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and remove travel time. It also makes it possible to practice mindfulness and behavioral experiments in real-world settings between meetings, which many people find helpful when working on anger, stress, or recovery goals.