Dr. Rebecca Thompson is a California licensed psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience. She combines a background in neuropsychology with practical therapy to help people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. Her approach is straightforward and focused on real-life changes people can make.
Dr. Thompson draws on what she learned studying the brain to explain how thoughts, feelings, and behavior connect. She listens first and then helps people set clear goals. Sessions tend to focus on small, manageable steps rather than abstract ideas.
Her work often addresses traumatic experiences, grief, sleep problems, anger, and career concerns. She also supports people coping with chronic pain, post-traumatic stress, and the fallout from high-stress jobs. Dr. Thompson pays attention to how health conditions and multiple diagnoses interact with day-to-day life.
Therapy sessions use hands-on methods from cognitive behavioral approaches and trauma-focused work. Expect practical tools for managing worry, improving sleep, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns. She emphasizes collaboration and shared planning rather than dictating a course of action.
Clients report that she is approachable and careful when offering suggestions. She aims to meet people partway and to walk alongside them while they try new strategies. People who prefer direct guidance and clear steps may find her style helpful.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Dr. Thompson uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical skills such as breaking problems into steps, testing new behaviors, and developing clearer routines for sleep, stress, or worry.
She also uses trauma-focused therapy when past events continue to cause distress. That work centers on understanding how traumatic experiences affect current responses, and on building tolerable ways to process memories and reduce ongoing symptoms.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options, consider a person’s goals and preferences, and tailor the plan over time. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins to adjust techniques and pace.
Session format details were not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Therapists can also adapt exercises and homework for use between sessions so progress continues outside the appointment.
