Format

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 individual adults
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 and psychodynamics.

Additional practice areas include codependency, perfectionism, "impostor syndrome," people-pleasing, introvert/​extrovert relationships, multiracial family dynamics, first-generation college students, and spiritual and existential concerns.  Anti-racist and LGBTQIA affirming.  

Payment

My fee is $175 per 50-minute session.

I am in-network with Optum/United Healthcare & Cigna PPO plans that cover telemedicine/online sessions.  If you have a policy with either of these, I am happy to check your benefits for you.
If you have a PPO policy through another insurer, you may be eligible for partial reimbursement.  I can provide you with a "superbill" upon request which you may submit to your carrier.  Every plan is different, so unfortunately I cannot guarantee reimbursement.

About me

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.  Originally from California's rural San Joaquin Valley, I now live in Los Angeles with my husband and two small children.  

I work collaboratively, with warmth, compassion, directness, humor, respect, and the occasional screen-shared nerdy worksheet.  Therapy with me can help you increase clarity into personal strengths, values, and goals, identify and change patterns that are holding you back, reflect on progress, and draw meaning and power from your experiences.

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.

Will our sessions be in person once coronavirus is over?
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.

What is your cancellation policy?
24 hours.  If an appointment is missed or canceled with fewer than 24 hours' notice, you will be responsible for the full fee.

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 possess while managing the vulnerabilities. 

Rebecca Robinson, LMFT

Cognitive behavioral telehealth therapy in California

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