Online Therapy for Grieving & Stressed-Out Women
in St. Louis, MO
Helping grieving and stressed-out women find
Clarity, Meaning & Fulfillment
in their lives moving forward.
(Yes, it’s possible!)
If you’re anything like the women and femmes I work with, your life is suddenly no longer what you thought it was. Your world — once so steady — has just been turned upside down by the grief of a death, a health diagnosis, a crumbling marriage, or any of the devastations that accompany midlife.
You’ve always done everything right but, alas, it’s no matter. Things are no longer the same, and honestly you’re not sure that you are either. Waves of overwhelm keep coming at you, and all the things that usually help aren’t helping nearly enough anymore. You’re left not knowing what to do … and you always know what to do.
You’re typically so sure of yourself, but now you’ve lost your sense of self. Despite being smart, sensitive, and self-aware, you’re now left feeling profoundly disoriented and lost amid the existential groundlessness of things falling apart.
No matter how much you’ve got going for you — and you’ve got a lot — this is all just feeling like entirely too much. You’ve figured everything out that’s ever come your way, but this is getting the best of you.
You’ve been in therapy before, and so it feels natural to reach out again now. And so now you’re here — literally here, on my website (hi!) — and I’m so glad you are. You’ve come to the right place.
Even though you didn’t ask for ANY of this, life’s hardest moments offer an invitation to do the deep and expansive work of a lifetime: to bravely (radically!) rediscover yourself, reconnect with your life, and move forward with increased clarity, hard-earned meaning, and a deep sense of fulfillment.
These times of grief can do that to us, if we allow it. I know, because I see it every day. My work is devoted to helping support women just like you, in times just like these. And if you’re in, I’m in.
And, so, to you – the introspective, thoughtful, sensitive woman facing such profound grief and stress – I extend a warm welcome.
My clients frequently tell me they appreciate that my therapeutic style is down-to-earth, dynamic, and engaging. We can do profoundly meaningful work together without any formality or stuffiness.
And, because my approach is deeply relational, insight-driven, and values-based (versus a rigid treatment of a specific diagnosis), my clients and I often work together long-term, across and through many seasons of their lives.
We’re in this together.
Meet Rebecca
I’m Rebecca (she/her). I’m hyper-organized and punctual, and so I apparently then seem like I’ve got all my sh*t together. Don’t let that fool you.
My internal landscape can be just as messy as anyone’s (we’re all just people here, after all), but through my own experiences in therapy, and because of my training and experience as a therapist, I generally know how to tend to it well with gentle care and compassion.
Even so, that doesn’t change the fact that I don’t like feeling any of the big, challenging, uncomfortable emotions any more than any of my clients do.
Because I get it; this work – of being human, of being a human in therapy – is hard. I also believe it to be absolutely worthwhile.
My practice is based in liberatory values.
My work is grounded in the liberatory values of equity and justice,
and is guided by a fiercely feminist and anti-oppression worldview.
Feminist
LGBTQ+ Celebratory
Racial Justice Allied
Body Liberation
My Specialties
Grief: Death & Dying
When someone you love is dying or has died, there is no shortage of bullshit people will say to you. You keep trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but you’ve never needed people more and yet here you are feeling all alone.
You’ve grieved before, but it’s never been ANYTHING like this. This grief is an entirely lonely, overwhelming, confusing, and exhausting place to be.
You’re desperate for a space where you don’t have to hide your pain with shitty performative small talk about it all.
You know you need more support with all these waves of overwhelming feelings – deep sadness, anger, guilt, fear, confusion, even relief (yes, relief. If that’s you, you’re not alone).
Life just keeps going and that makes utterly no sense anymore. You’re longing to figure out what honestly feels utterly impossible to you right now: what the hell to do now.
You’re in the right place; I’m here to help.
Grief: Illness & Health
A health diagnosis – whether your own or a loved one’s; whether chronic, treatable, terminal, or unknown – brings so much with it that’s all somehow both chaotic and tedious.
There’s the challenging disruptions to day-to-day life as well as the profound upending of our extential understanding of ourselves and of our life.
Sometimes you’re holding all of this privately, while keeping up a good face with the rest of the world that all remains well. Sometimes, a few or many people know and, while you know they’re trying their best, they’re often falling short.
You haven’t figured out any clear way of navigating any of this, but it all feels like a trade-off anyway because it’s HARD and lonely no matter what.
You believe there’s got to be a better way of supporting yourself amid all of this. If you could just figure that out … because you have no idea how.
You’re in the right place; I’m here to help.
Grief & Stress: of Midlife
The grief of midlife is a sneaky bitch that no one warned you about. You’re just living your life when it hits: things are different. You are different.
Over a handful of decades now, the losses have quietly accumulated and they now weigh heavy. You’re dumbstruck that they’ll only accumulate further. Parents are aging and kids are growing up and somehow you feel both young and old at the same time.
Your awareness sharpens that all the paths not taken are now closed roads; that you can’t count on your body the way you used to; that you can’t count on time the way you used to. Suddenly it’s all palpably limited.
This awareness feels like a curse, because midlife is a contradiction: it’s full of indignities that live right alongside the joy of this life you’ve built for yourself. And how exactly are we to reconcile the two?
You’re in the right place; I’m here to help.
I Want Therapy To Be
Convenient
Practical matters shouldn’t be an obstacle to getting help, so I offer: online therapy so you can easily fit getting help into your busy schedule; the ease of 24/7 online scheduling; and a secure patient portal to easily complete intake paperwork. Life’s hard enough; let’s let the stuff that can be easy be easy.
Helpful
My work with clients is engaging, dynamic, and collaborative. By keeping my caseload small enough, we have the space to create what you uniquely need in our work together. My approach isn’t rooted in surface-level quick fixes, but rather in the profound transformative opportunity of life’s hardest moments.
Authentic
My therapeutic approach is deeply relational. My clients and I have zero interest in a stuffy or formal relationship in therapy. We care about building a real relationship together that can fully support our deeply meaningful work together, often long-term, throughout and across different seasons of their lives.
Exclusively Offering Online Therapy
All the Benefits of In-Person Therapy, None of the Hassle
Useful Information
Online Therapy
All of my sessions are held virtually. My clients and I (perhaps surprisingly?) have both come to prefer online therapy, so much so it’s what I now offer exclusively. If you have doubts, I totally get it. I did too, once. Click below to learn why I was so wrong.
Rates
My rate reflects my commitment to provide sustainably excellent clinical care to each of my clients. I limit the number of clients I see so that we can do our best work together. Click below to learn more about your investment and my commitment to our work together.
Scheduling
I offer daytime appointments, Monday through Thursday. Sessions are 50 minutes and are initially scheduled either weekly or every-other week. The option to eventually transition to monthly appointments offers a valuable way to continue this profound work, and many of my clients and I end up working together long-term, across and throughout various seasons of their lives.
Working Together
My clients and I both prioritize cultivating a strong and authentic working relationship with one another. I intentionally limit the number of clients I work with so that we can engage in truly individualized care. My commitment to maintaining this small-enough caseload allows us to work together as a team to create a helpful and supportive space that is uniquely yours.
Reach Out and Get Started!
The first step is just a click away.
To get started, just click below to send me a message. I’ll get back to you within one business day and, from there, we can get any of your questions answered, make sure we’re a good fit to work together, and move forward with scheduling your first appointment.
I truly look forward to hearing from you!