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My practice has migrated fully online.  Sessions are conducted via secure, HIPAA-compliant video or phone platforms which you can access from the commute-free location of your choice, pet cameos optional. 

I work with women and men
age 18 or over.

​Approach

Treatment is fully customized for you but may incorporate evidence-based therapies such as DBT (dialectical behavior therapy) and RO-DBT (radically open DBT), CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), and ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy). 

We may also explore attachment theory, psychodynamics, and evolutionary psychology.

Additional practice areas include codependency, perfectionism, "impostor syndrome," people-pleasing, multiracial family dynamics, first-generation college students, and spiritual and existential concerns.  Antiracist and LGBTQIA+ affirming.  

Fees

Sessions are $200 per 50 minutes.

I accept debit/credit cards and HSA/FSA cards.  I also provide "superbills" which you may submit for partial reimbursement from participating insurance plans.

I have a limited number of sliding scale appointments available for individuals who cannot afford the full fee.  Please feel free to inquire.

The cancellation policy is 24 hours. 

About Rebecca

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and earned my master's in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and my B.F.A. in drama and politics from New York University.  I completed my clinical internship at the Maple Counseling Center in Beverly Hills, treating individuals and couples from a psychodynamic perspective.  I then worked with chronically emotionally dysregulated women in residential treatment, where I fell in love with DBT, a profound, evidence-based method for enhancing our ability to think and feel deeply and clearly.  I have worked for several years in rigorous, highly regarded mental health and addiction treatment centers such as Clearview in Los Angeles, served on the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center crisis hotline, and was a supervisor on the Teen Line crisis line at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

I work collaboratively, with warmth, compassion, directness, respect, a curse word now and again, and screen-shared nerdy worksheets.  Therapy with me can help you highlight personal strengths, clarify values and goals, identify and change patterns that are holding you back, and draw lasting meaning and power from your experiences.  If you're willing and able to try, I can help you love life more.

FAQs

I've never tried therapy before.  Where do I start?
It can be challenging, even intimidating, to reach out for support (although I have been told that I am quite approachable).  If you would like to inquire more about how I may be of service or just get a sense of what it would be like to work together, please contact me to schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation at rebecca@sensitiveandpractical.com or 323-673-1603.

How can I prepare for my first session?
Once we have scheduled a session, I will send you intake paperwork to complete online which will help to ​guide our work.  Other than that, just be yourself.

Will our sessions be in person in the future?
No.  Due to convenience and popular demand, I will continue to provide teletherapy only.  (Though some formerly-face-to-face clients have commented that they miss me handing them tissues, and I do, too!)

Is telethealth as effective as in-person therapy? 
In general, teletherapy has been shown to successfully impact issues of access, quality, engagement, coordination of care, and cost effectiveness.

Which areas do you serve?
I am licensed to conduct therapy with clients living anywhere in California.  LMFT license no. 90880.

What is a highly sensitive person (HSP)?
An individual with an innate trait or predisposition to process information more deeply than many others.  Found in 15-20% of the population, and also referred to as sensory processing sensitivity, HSPs may notice subtleties that others miss, become more easily overstimulated, and tend to observe before acting as a survival strategy.  HSPs are often but not always introverts (approximately 30% of HSPs are extroverts).  You can learn more, and take a self-assessment, at psychologist Elaine Aron's website, hsperson.com/test.  My work focuses on maximizing the incredible gifts that HSPs often possess (such as creativity, conscientiousness, intelligence, and loyalty) while managing common vulnerabilities (such as overwhelm, mood dysregulation, and issues with boundaries). 

What happens in therapy, anyway?
Here is a preview of what to expect: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2020-12-23/what-is-therapy-what-happens-what-types-are-there

Do you do DBT?
I incorporate DBT skills and principles when it will be beneficial for and of interest to clients.  Although I am intensively trained and practiced standard DBT for several years (including individual therapy, skills training group, telephone skills coaching, and consultation team), my work is now DBT-informed, alongside other treatment methods suited to outpatient care.

What if cost is a barrier?
I have a limited number of sliding scale spaces available; feel free to inquire.  If these are taken, and you're unable to find other care in a timely fashion, here are some resources to consider: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2021-09-22/cheap-therapy-alternatives-apps-meditation-books-more

Rebecca Robinson, LMFT

California telehealth therapy for highly sensitive people

rebecca@sensitiveandpractical.com
​(323) 673-1603

Rebecca Robinson, LMFT | License #90880 | Rebecca Robinson, therapist serving Santa Monica, Venice, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silverlake, Echo Park, DTLA, ​Central California | Skilled, compassionate CBT and DBT therapy for highly sensitive people (HSPs) in California