About
My Approach
Hi, my name is Rebecca Williams, RCSW. My work as a therapist is shaped by both professional training and lived experience. I am a late-identified neurodivergent ADHDer, and I know firsthand what it is like to understand your patterns but still feel stuck in them. This informs how I work with compassion, curiosity, and respect for the ways our nervous systems learn to protect us.
I offer therapy that is relational, collaborative, and non-pathologizing. Rather than trying to fix symptoms, we focus on understanding what your system learned and how those patterns once helped you cope. From there, we work toward deeper emotional change that happens through safe, attuned connection, not just through insight or strategies alone.
Who I Work With
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If you have spent a long time understanding yourself but change still feels out of reach, this kind of deeper, relational work may be a good fit.
My approach is relational, body-centered, and grounded in trauma-informed care. I work collaboratively with clients to support emotional regulation, nervous system healing, and long-term growth. Therapy is not about quick fixes; it is about building strong roots for lasting change.
Approach & Values
How Change Happens
Talk-based and skills-focused approaches like CBT can be helpful for building awareness and short-term stability. For many people, though, lasting change comes from working bottom-up with emotional learning rather than only top-down with thoughts and behaviours.
My work is grounded in approaches that help emotional patterns shift at their roots, not just become easier to manage. The goal is not simply to cope better, but to support changes that affect how things actually feel in your body and in your relationships.
Training and Credentials
I am a Master’s-level Registered Clinical Social Worker (RCSW) with over a decade of experience in mental health. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of South Florida. Following graduation, I completed over 3,000 hours of supervised clinical practice and passed a clinical exam to earn my RCSW designation.
I am registered with both the British Columbia College of Social Workers (Registration #14275) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (Registration #847101), and I provide virtual counselling to clients in both provinces.
I am qualified to assess and diagnose using the DSM when that would be helpful, such as for access to services, accommodations, or personal understanding. I hold diagnosis as a tool, not an identity, and only use it when it serves your goals.