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In order to face the future, you have to face the past.
I had discovered this by the time I graduated college and set out for my first job, living and working as a mental health counselor at a farm community for college students and adults with a range of severe mental health challenges.
Working there, I learned valuable lessons that inform how I work as a psychologist today: We are first and foremost human beings not human doers, hope can emerge from even the darkest of times, we are all more similar than we are different, human connection is the basis of recovery, recovery and growth are sometimes invisible and often not linear processes, and we all need to feel seen, heard, and valued.
As a therapist, this has inspired me to want to help you, on your unique journey of healing and growth.
I am skilled in tailoring treatment plans to meet the unique needs and goals of each client, fostering a collaborative and supportive therapeutic environment. I integrate evidence-based interventions with empathy and understanding to help clients navigate life's challenges and achieve meaningful growth and healing.
I approach each client with warmth, respect, and non-judgmental acceptance, fostering a safe space for exploration and healing.
With a genuine passion for helping others lead fulfilling lives, I am dedicated to empowering clients to overcome obstacles, build resilience, and cultivate positive change. Through my compassionate and evidence-based approach, I strive to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those I serve.
- Rebecca Rabin, PsyD
Doctor of Psychology degree (PsyD) from Rutgers University
Internship training at Harvard Medical School
Post-Doctorate work at the MIT and Boston College counseling centers
Supervised psychology interns at The Brookline Community Mental Health Center and Harvard Medical School/Mass Mental Health Center
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Psychodynamic Therapy
Mindfulness-based approaches
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Trauma
Relationship issues
Identity development
Principles of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (adapted from Jonathan Shedler, PhD)
The goal of meaningful therapy is for you to live a more whole and free life. People come to therapy because they feel bad (often anxious and/or depressed) which is the surface manifestation of underlying issues. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy provides an emotional, lived experience aimed at psychological discovery in the therapy relationship via:
1. Focus on emotion: Attend to and put words to your emotional experience
2. Study of the avoidance: Discover the ways you avoid things that are emotionally distressing
3. Identification of recurrent themes: Your life is filled with recurring themes which are the context of the particular problems that you are coming in to therapy to get help with.
4. Understanding relationships patterns: Who you are as a psychological being was forged in your earliest relationships and plays out in the context of current relationships (or avoidance of them). Learn from the past to shed light on the present and gain freedom from painful, self-defeating patterns.
5. Focus on the therapy relationship itself: We will attend to your relational patterns as they unfold in therapy, using the therapy relationship as a window into your inner life
6. Therapeutic Alliance: The most important determinant of therapy is the therapeutic relationship. As your therapist, I will pay attention to your experience in therapy, in order to learn how to be responsive and helpful to you, as a unique individual with a particular set of problems.
I'm here for you.
Do you want to feel understood and discover a pathway forward?
Reach out today and let's get you started.