Rebecca Preston , LMHC

Rebecca Preston is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York with over 8 years of clinical experience. She holds the credential LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and has focused much of her career supporting people dealing with substance use and the emotional, relational, and physical challenges that often accompany addiction.

Her work has included treating individuals with complex trauma histories, including intergenerational trauma and childhood attachment wounds, and she has experience working with mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder as well as a range of personality challenges. Rebecca has worked with clients across the lifespan, from young adolescents to older adults, and with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Rebecca brings a warm, empathetic, and occasionally playful style to therapy, believing that compassion and understanding are central to the healing process. She primarily practices mindfulness-based counseling within a client-centered, trauma-informed framework, offering practical tools and steady support as clients work toward recovery and ongoing wellness. Rebecca views recovery as a lifelong process and sees her role as walking alongside clients to help them build skills, resilience, and self-compassion.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Rebecca Preston integrates evidence-informed approaches that translate well to online work. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in early relationships and helps clients explore how those patterns affect current connections and emotional safety - it is often useful for issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, and relationship struggles.

Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of thoughts and emotions. This approach can reduce reactivity, support stress and anxiety management, and help clients living with trauma or mood disorders develop steadier regulation.

Client-Centered Therapy places the client at the center of care and relies on empathy, active listening, and collaboration to help people identify their goals and build on their own strengths. It is especially helpful for those seeking validation, greater self-understanding, and a compassionate therapeutic relationship.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Rebecca Preston works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to tailor methods to each person’s needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try different communication styles, and fit therapy into a busy life while working with a therapist trained in trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, and attachment-focused care.