Promoting growth and grace in ever changing lives
Promoting growth and grace in ever changing lives
Rebekah Machiela, MSW, LCSW-C · Maryland License #: 18653 · rebekah@evergracetherapy.com · (301) 302-0909
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Life is hard. Things don’t go as we plan, and we can quickly find ourselves feeling overwhelmed with the stress of relationships and life transitions. There is hope; you are not alone. I am a caring presence available to listen and guide you through whatever life challenges you may be navigating and will help you emerge stronger, more self-aware, and more gracious with yourself.
I have 17 years experience working in the psychotherapy setting as well as providing counseling in medical hospitals. I am uniquely positioned to help you process stress and anxiety associated with life transitions, complicated relationships, grief, living with chronic illness, and postpartum adjustment. I am committed to being a constant source of support and to using the transformative nature of therapy to help you find stability, grace, and purpose for yourself in the midst of stress and overwhelm.
I look forward to meeting you soon!
I graduated with a Master's in Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2006 with an emphasis in interpersonal practice and families. I am currently licensed in Maryland as an LCSW-C (Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical) and have 17 years experience working in the psychotherapy setting as well as providing counseling in medical hospitals. I am passionate about my work with individuals just like you and appreciate everyone as having their own unique story! As a person, my energy comes from being in nature, spending time with family and friends, and hearing the stories of other people.
You can expect me to be warm and empathetic with a compassionate and Solution-Focused approach. I believe you are unique and deserving of a treatment plan that is tailored for your individual needs and your identified goals. I look forward to hearing your story, where in life you see opportunities for growth, and what you would like to get out of our time together!
My goal is for you to grow in self-reflection, recognition of your emotions, setting of expectations, and communication of your needs to yourself and to others. The process of therapy can be difficult, but my desire for you is grace and growth! While growth is a life-long path, the best compliment I receive is when my clients say they are ready to continue growing on their own and no longer need to meet with me!
Together, we can find healing from your stress, calming for your anxieties, and untangling from the complexities of relationships. By using various treatment modalities, we can uncover the roots of your thoughts and emotions by exploring formative past experiences and patterns in relationships. You will learn life-long skills and self-acceptance that will lead you on a continuous journey to lasting growth and enduring grace.
I specialize in the following treatments and areas:
Psychodynamic Therapy is one of my favorite methods of therapy, and I interweave it into my sessions with clients, as appropriate. This therapy method is based on the understanding that human beings respond to their current situation based on the experiences that have formed them. It is only through taking the time to reflect on your own experiences and the resulting thought and behavior patterns that you can begin to feel control over your responses. I enjoy helping clients to explore their family of origin and formative relationships that have made them who they are today. It is so encouraging to watch clients begin to feel power over anxiety, complicated relationships, and overwhelming life situations when they see that they have the ability to choose their emotional and behavioral responses in stressful situations.
I will interweave Narrative Therapy into our sessions, as I am allowed the opportunity to hear you narrate your story and the meaning you give to various life events. We'll explore what these events tell you about your identity and worth and also learn how to evaluate if the meaning of these events is truth or lie. Over time, you will begin to be able to independently identify lies that you hold onto as being true and apply truths to counter the unhealthy lies you may believe. My clients grow to be able to talk truths to themselves when they hear themselves believing something they know is not true.
Grief Therapy A person must grieve what they do not have in order to recognize what they do have. While I have 17 years experience working in a medical setting and am uniquely equipped to help you process living with a chronic illness, end-of-life issues, grief, and bereavement, I also recognize that grief can feel heavy outside of the typical definition of grief. Whether you are mourning a life transition or life itself, grief is real and only grows when pushed aside. Together, we can dive into the grief so that you can come out the other side feeling stronger and appreciating the life in front of you.
Trauma-Informed Therapy Trauma can cause fears or phobias, negative intrusive thoughts, nightmares, guilt, shame, and general anxiety. With the use of Trauma-Informed Therapy, I sensitively approach the stories of your past with an understanding that past events and relationships may impact various parts of your life and promise to allow you to lead the pace of our progress in a way that feels safe for you. Through taking time to process past situations, you can grow to feel power over the past rather than feel defined by the past.
By incorporating Supportive Therapy, I recognize that you begin your therapy journey with pre-existing resiliency and inner resources. We work together as a team to find practical ways to navigate life's challenges. This therapy builds on your strengths, providing a space for genuine connection and growth so you feel equipped to thrive.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) has its roots in early childhood experiences and can help you understand your deepest emotions and build stronger, more fulfilling connections. EFT explores emotional patterns, develops healthy coping mechanisms, and creates lasting positive change in relationships and well-being.
Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), we can help you gain control over negative or intrusive thoughts that may currently leave you feeling powerless. Through a structured, collaborative approach, you'll learn practical skills to manage emotions, build resilience, and find truths to anchor you in the overwhelming emotions of life.
Christian Counseling By request, I integrate Biblical truths into our therapy sessions. I am not here to preach to you, rather to be a therapist that understands all of you and can help you to hold the ups and downs of life at the same time as sharing your values and Christian beliefs. The Gospel is filled with grace, encouragement, and hope, and my Christian clients appreciate my ability to remind you of these truths at appropriate times. I see clients who are Christian and clients who are not Christian.
Relational Therapy You are a relational being, and learning to navigate relationships is one of life's most important tasks. Through integrating Relational Therapy into our sessions, we will be focusing on reflection and self-awareness in past and present relationships, recognizing patterns in relationships, identifying your and others' limitations and tendencies, setting healthy boundaries, and learning how to hold appropriate expectations.
Attachment-Based Therapy Attachment Theory is based on the idea that relationships from early childhood leave a lasting imprint on the way a person experiences relationships in adulthood. By pausing to notice childhood experiences and relationships, you can come to notice the lens through which you are viewing current relationships and the tendencies you bring into relationships. Having a sense of your attachment style can help to reduce anxiety as you learn to set healthy expectations for yourself and others. By using Attachment-Based Therapy in our sessions, we can work to process your complicated childhood memories as well as chart a path for creating healthy patterns and communication in current relationships.
Anxiety can be overwhelming and isolating. Together, we can enter into your fears and worries to identify what is hiding beneath the anxiety. You'll learn how to name your emotions, recognize lies causing your anxiety, and identify truths to counter the lies at the root of your stress.
Coping Skills Whether you are feeling stressed by complicated relationships, grief, or life transitions, we can work together to identify coping skills that will be most helpful for you. Some of my clients like me to provide outside resources or assign homework in between sessions as a way for them to log their use of coping skills, which helps to assess which coping skills are most effective.
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"Rebekah has a way of taking whatever I’m going through and really breaking it down to understand the core issues of what I’m facing. Her insight and intelligence is what I look forward to with each of our sessions together. She has become such a wonderful part of my life and I owe it to her for the growth that I’ve made so far. She really takes the time to listen and reiterate the conversation while giving advice. I’ve learned things from her that I will use forever."
"Rebekah takes the time to understand the full you. She listens well and remembers details from previous sessions. She asks questions that help dig down deep into why you are feeling the way you are feeling. We’re only a few sessions in and I could not be happier to have her as my therapist!"
"Rebekah is one of the best therapists that I’ve ever worked with. She is really engaged and listens to everything that I say. She makes me really excited for therapy each week. I am so glad to have found her."
"Rebekah is a wonderful therapist! She listens and gives sound advice. I’ve enjoyed being her patient and her helping me throughout my healing process."
"Rebekah has quickly become my ride or die when it comes to therapy. She listens, with compassion and no judgment. She is kind, warm, and super present. And she offers practical helpful suggestions and in a non-threatening, warm, approachable manner. She truly cares. I love my weekly sessions with her. She’s helped me so much."
"Rebekah makes me feel heard and understood. She opens doors to bring new light to situations and prompts you to look at things from a different perspective. She has helped me tremendously understand the why behind past experiences and is helping me find myself again."
"Rebekah is my weekly go-to and I look forward to our sessions every week. She offers solutions and helps me work through so many problems/issues/challenges, mentally. I love working with her!"
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