Rebecca Hathorn, LCSW

Rebecca Hathorn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 17 years of professional experience. She brings focused clinical experience supporting foster youth, transition-age young people between 13 and 24, parents, and adults facing depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, attachment disruptions, and life transitions. Her background includes work with foster families and biological parents, and she maintains a particular sensitivity to the stressors experienced by LGBTQ people and communities of color.

Rebecca emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for meaningful change. She aims to create a space of genuine acceptance where clients can explore goals, reflect on patterns, and reach their own conclusions. Describing her style as authentic and down-to-earth, she combines attentive listening with thoughtful reflections and practical suggestions to help clients move forward.

Rebecca is experienced working with parenting stress, blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care issues, and a wide range of relationship and life-course challenges. She offers regular access through messaging and live chat, and she typically reviews messages twice each day, seven days per week. Prospective clients are invited to reach out by message to confirm availability and discuss fit before scheduling.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Rebecca uses client-centered therapy to create a collaborative space where the client s perspective guides the work; this approach emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and building a trusting relationship to address issues like relationship challenges, parenting stress, and life transitions.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, a practical, skills-focused method that helps clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns commonly involved in anxiety, depression, and stress-related difficulties.

Motivational interviewing is another tool Rebecca employs to support clients who are ambivalent about change; this approach helps clarify personal values and strengthen motivation for steps toward goals such as recovery, improved routines, or relationship shifts.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens together with the client. Rebecca works collaboratively to match goals, needs, and preferences with methods that fit the individual s situation, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit care into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations while preserving the relational focus of therapy.