Rebecca Wilson, LCSW
licensed in-person therapy in southington, ct & online in ct
Deep healing for lasting relief.
Counseling for High-Achieving Women & Teens 16+
Brainspotting, EMDR & I-CBT for Anxiety, OCD & Grief
when everything starts to feel like too much, LIFE can get heavy.
You’re burned out and drained.
Maybe you’re carrying more than your sensitive heart can hold.
And it’s starting to feel like too much. You might look like you have it all put together in your career and relationships, but your thoughts won’t slow down and your body is tense or shut down. No matter how hard you try, you can’t fully relax.
You keep pushing through, telling yourself you should be able to handle this. But something inside you knows you’re reaching a tipping point. You’re ready for something different, and you don’t want to do this alone anymore.
The stress is spilling into the places that matter most…
You’re exhausted, overwhelmed and running on empty at work, home or within your relationships.
Anxiety shows up before social plans, meetings, or playdates.
Your body carries the tension: tight shoulders, a knotted stomach, and a nervous system that never settles.
You’re more irritable, withdrawn, or emotionally shut down in your relationships.
Past experiences or losses pull you into waves of sadness or emotional flooding.
You’ve tried to figure it out on your own, but relief still feels out of reach.
If this resonates, you’re not broken or weak. Your system is overwhelmed, and it’s asking for a different kind of support.
This is where deeper healing begins.
Hi, I’m rebecca.
You’re allowed to slow down, feel nurtured, and find your way back to yourself.
If you’re a high-achieving woman, young adult, or teen girl who feels overwhelmed, sad, or anxious, I’m really glad you’ve landed here. When your sensitive nervous system has been stretched beyond its limits, you don’t have to keep pushing through on your own. I can support you in finding steadiness again so that you can feel more grounded, clear, and able to move through your life with a little more ease.
My work is trauma-informed and considers the whole of you, supporting both mind and body so healing isn’t just something you understand, but something you embody. Together, we move gently and intentionally toward the root of what’s keeping you stuck, rather than only managing symptoms on the surface. Feeling safe, understood, and supported is essential for real change—creating that kind of space is central to my work, and it’s often where relief begins.
Therapy can feel vulnerable.
Here’s a quick hello so you can get a feel for my energy and what it might be like to work together.
You can also visit my In The Media page to view my contributions to mental health publications and podcasts.
Your path forward
I help address what’s underneath the overwhelm through deeper, nervous system–informed therapy.
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Anxiety can make life feel chaotic and scary. Burnout can cause a sense of overwhelm. And depression can make life feel empty and hopeless. Together, we’ll explore how your mood impacts you, where the challenges may be coming from, and work toward healing you at the root cause. It is possible to feel calmer, more self-assured and in control.
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Grief, loss and life transitions can feel like the ground has been ripped out from beneath you. You may be feeling disconnected and like you’ve lost direction in your life—this is all normal. You can learn how to hold your grief and your memories side by side with your healing.
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Obsessions and compulsions can feel exhausting and confusing, especially when your mind latches onto a doubt and won’t let go. You may spend hours reviewing, checking, or trying to find certainty—only to feel pulled back in again. Together, we’ll gently untangle the cycle that keeps you stuck so you can reclaim your time, your relationships, and your sense of steadiness. It is possible to live with more clarity, flexibility, and trust in yourself again.
I Help With:
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Brainspotting is a powerful mind-body therapy that helps you process and heal from anxiety, depression, and cope with grief and loss. Because it works beyond talk therapy and engages deeper, unconscious parts of the brain, it often leads to meaningful breakthroughs, even when you may not fully understand why things are shifting.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy helps your brain process difficult experiences that may feel 'stuck.’ EMDR helps your brain re-file those memories so they are no longer overwhelming, allowing normal healing to resume.
The EMDR I practice is informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS is a modality that helps to bring all the parts of you into harmony.
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My approach to OCD treatment is grounded in Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) and guided by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
I-CBT is a structured, skills-based method that helps you understand how obsessive doubt takes hold—and how to respond differently. ACT supports this by building mental flexibility, self-acceptance, and the ability to make choices aligned with your values.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) may be incorporated using thoughtful, gentle exposures tailored to your goals.
Therapies Offered:
Want flexible therapy options that fit your life?
you’re in the right place.
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Ongoing in-person and online therapy across CT, offered weekly, bi-weekly or monthly in 45-, 60- or 75-minute sessions. Virtual sessions make it easy to prioritize your healing when you want convenient therapy or can’t make it into the office—meeting from a space that feels familiar and safe, while still engaging in meaningful, depth-oriented work.
Extended 60- and 75-minute sessions create space to slow down, go deeper, and stay with what’s unfolding—without feeling cut off just as something important surfaces. Together, we move at a pace that supports your nervous system and your life.
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Adjunct therapy is a short-term, focused option for those who are already working with another therapist or treatment provider and want to incorporate a specialized modality into their care. It offers depth and specialization without replacing the supportive therapeutic relationship you already have in place.
This format is ideal for targeted trauma processing, structured OCD treatment, or focused nervous-system work within a clearly defined timeframe. You may be seeking Brainspotting or EMDR to process a specific experience or move through something that feels stuck. Or you may want evidence-based OCD treatment, such as a 3–4 month course of Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT).
Adjunct work ultimately allows us to focus on a defined goal while you continue ongoing therapy with a provider you trust.
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Therapy Intensives offer focused, short-term therapy when you don’t just want a bandaid, you want the wound to fully heal. Intensives are designed to create meaningful movement and relief in a condensed timeframe.
Offered in-person or online, Intensives include 3-hour sessions over 1-3 days and incorporate a customized treatment workbook to support integration before, during and after the Intensive sessions. This format allows us to move beyond surface-level coping and toward the root of what’s keeping you stuck—especially when weekly therapy isn’t creating the momentum you’re looking for.
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Walk & Talk Therapy offers the opportunity to step outside the office setting into gentle movement in nature. Walk & Talk Therapy can be used as your primary therapy format or incorporated occasionally alongside traditional sessions.
Sessions take place outdoors in Southington and Plantsville, CT along the Linear Trail (“Rails to Trails”). The combination of therapy with mindful walking supports both emotional processing and nervous system regulation.
For many clients, moving side by side feels more natural than sitting face-to-face. The rhythm of walking can help thoughts flow more freely, reduce stress, and create space for deeper reflection. Movement also aligns beautifully with other mind–body approaches I use in my work.
Making time for yourself isn’t easy—especially when you’re already overloaded. I offer therapy formats designed to create space for real healing.
What it feels like to work together…
How your healing journey works
Ready to take the next step?
Let’s Chat
Start by booking a free phone consultation. We’ll talk about what’s been weighing on you, answer your questions, and explore whether we’re a good fit to work together. It’s important that you feel comfortable with your therapist.
We’ll Begin Your Healing Process
If we decide to move forward, we’ll schedule your first session. This is a time to slow down, get to know you more deeply, and begin understanding your history, current challenges, and what you’re hoping to change.
You’ll Receive Support and Feel Relief
From there, we’ll continue our focused work together—choosing the pace and format that best supports your needs and nervous system. Over time, many clients begin to experience greater clarity, emotional relief, and confidence in navigating life’s challenges.