Rebecca Armstrong, LMFT

I work collaboratively, from a client-centered approach, tapping into your own expertise about your life and your experience. I bring empathy and compassion to all issues, and use an integrative model of therapy to tailor treatment to each individual’s specific needs. I draw upon the strengths that you come in with. My approach is based in the “here and now,” and whether we utilize mindfulness or CBT or ACT techniques, we adjust our work together over time based on what is working for you. I am able to work in a shorter-term, solution-focused model, or for longer-term, depth psychotherapy. I am also able to integrate existential psychotherapy and techniques that draw upon the unconscious, including expressive arts techniques and dream work.

I love this work because I get to learn as much about myself in the process as you do. I think of myself as the “guide on the side,” and in this role I am constantly challenging myself and learning from the people I work with. This work keeps me on my feet and keeps demanding for me to show up with presence and flexibility for whatever arises in the room, and between us, in our therapeutic relationship.

I want you to feel as though you are gaining the skills and tools to cope with whatever issues you may be working through. I want you to increase your confidence in yourself and your own ability to navigate life’s challenges. I want you to report that your relationships are improving and that you feel a sense of balance and wellbeing in your everyday life. I want for you to find a sense of meaning in your circumstances and a sense of trust in yourself.

I specialize in working with adolescents and couples, and am particularly interested in relationship issues, whether that is finding a meaningful relationship or deepening a current connection.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapist

Participated in workshops in the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy