Rebecca Sperber, LMFT
California · 35 years in practice
Rebecca Sperber is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 35 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 24144 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1538059399 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 35
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Rebecca
Rebecca Sperber is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical, emotion-focused work to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, intimacy concerns, and depression. Her approach is straightforward and respectful, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood.
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with attachment-based and client-centered methods to guide conversations about feelings and patterns. Sessions often look at how past connection experiences shape current reactions and relationship habits.
Background and approach
Rebecca uses clear, step-by-step dialogue to help people identify what matters most and where change can begin. Rebecca also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when useful. Those techniques support skills for coping with overwhelming emotions, reducing anxiety, and changing unhelpful habits.
She adapts each session to the person in front of her rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Her work covers a broad range of related concerns such as abandonment issues, attachment struggles, codependency, communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and life changes that come with aging.
She aims to make therapy a practical space where people try new ways of relating and practicing skills between sessions. Rebecca approaches therapy with sensitivity and direct support. She helps clients set realistic goals, try different approaches, and build more reliable ways of managing emotions and relationships.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rebecca lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rebecca names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused approaches and online care
Rebecca commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and shift core emotions that shape relationships and personal patterns. EFT focuses on understanding emotional responses and creating new ways to connect and respond in relationships.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, which looks at how early connection styles influence current trust and closeness. That work helps people notice repeating patterns and build more supported ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy features throughout as well, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the person’s goals lead the pace and focus of sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit best for a person’s needs, goals, and preferences rather than requiring one fixed path. That means trying options, adjusting based on results, and setting clear, practical goals together.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues help, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins and brief skill practice. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or health needs while keeping consistent progress toward therapy goals.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Rebecca address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and depression, plus related areas like abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is emotion-focused and client-centered, with clear, practical conversations that explore feelings and how they affect behavior and relationships.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 35 years of professional work experience supporting people through emotional and relationship challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, credentialed as LMFT, and practices in California.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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