Rebecca Dykes, LCSW

Rebecca Dykes is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with more than 20 years in mental health in Florida. She also works in higher education as a college professor and department chair. Rebecca blends clinical practice with research interests in theology and neurotheology. Rebecca aims to meet people where they are and walk alongside them through hard seasons. She describes her style as direct but warm, offering respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions. She avoids stigmatizing labels and centers practical steps people can use between meetings. Her background includes work across inpatient and outpatient settings, forensic and court systems, and community programs. She has supported children with attachment and sensory challenges and adolescents with emotional regulation and executive functioning issues. She has also provided care to adults facing domestic violence, anxiety, addictions, and the stresses of military deployment and reintegration. Rebecca has training that informs her work with neurodivergent clients and with tools for emotional regulation. She integrates faith perspectives when appropriate and has experience supporting pastors and ministry leaders with ministry-related stress and spiritual burnout. Her additional focus areas include grief, parenting, ADHD, relationship concerns, and compassion fatigue. She offers some weekend phone sessions and evening text sessions by request. Prospective clients are encouraged to send a message to inquire about those options and to confirm scheduling and session details before booking.

How Rebecca’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience, then shaping sessions around their goals and values. It helps when people need validation, clearer direction, or a nonjudgmental space to talk. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress; it can help with emotional regulation and impulse challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Rebecca will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaborative process means methods can shift as needs and preferences become clearer.

Rebecca has noted that some sessions can be held by phone and that evening text sessions are offered by request, so ask about those options when you reach out. If you prefer other formats, confirm available session types before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules and can reduce travel time for regular check-ins or brief coaching-style meetings.