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Rabecca Cole

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Rabecca Cole, LCSW

Wisconsin

LCSW - Anxiety and relationship concerns

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  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Attachment work
  • Sexual health focus

About Rabecca

Rabecca Cole is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 12 years of experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and LGBTQ-related needs. Her focus includes practical issues like communication problems, commitment and control concerns, body image, and chronic illness impacts.

She uses straightforward, skills-based methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions often include checking which thoughts lead to upset, testing those thoughts with small experiments, and trying new ways to respond. Mindfulness skills and attention to relationships are combined with these practical tasks.

Cole also draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how early and current relationships affect trust and intimacy. She works with people to identify patterns that repeat in relationships and to build alternatives that feel manageable. Client-centered conversation is used alongside structured tools so people feel heard while also working on concrete change.

Her background includes training in sexual health and sex therapy, and she names experience supporting people navigating kink, BDSM, and alternative sex culture. That experience is offered alongside work on abandonment, codependency, divorce, and family problems.

Sessions are described as direct and collaborative. She helps set goals, practices skills together, and adjusts plans as progress and needs change. People interested in working with her are asked to start by completing the site's matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

How CBT, attachment work, and client-centered care translate online

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments. It helps with anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that keep returning in daily life. Attachment-based work looks at how past and present relationships shape trust and closeness, helping people recognize repeating patterns and try different ways of relating. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience in conversation, allowing space to talk through feelings while practical skills are introduced.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether more structured CBT exercises, attachment-focused exploration, or open client-centered discussion fits best. Goals, preferences, and how someone responds to early sessions guide that choice.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and offering options that reduce the need for video if bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals aim to shape session length and frequency around real-world constraints and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issues

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIntellectual disabilityMood disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Listed in

Wisconsin

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with most often?

She works with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and LGBTQ concerns, plus related topics like communication problems and chronic illness.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style combines structured, skills-based work with conversational, client-centered sessions. Expect practical exercises alongside discussion.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 12 years of practice as a clinician working with depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic disease, and sexual health issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Wisconsin and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the process to begin working together?

Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Rabecca Cole

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