Rebekah is our Founding Managing Director, and a multiply accredited Clinical Psychotherapist, Trauma Therapist, EMDR Therapist, Couples Therapist, Critical Incident Debrief Practitioner, Specialist Supervisor, Lecturer and Research Supervisor.

She has 30+ years as a professional working in NHS, charity and private mental health and learning disability services, and within this has led and developed several services as well as worked on the frontline alongside police and ambulance colleagues within Street Triage services, as part of her years as a Senior Nurse Practitioner within mental health services. As a Psychotherapist, Rebekah has worked within palliative care services, secondary mental healthcare services and psychology services, providing ACT, Mindfulness, trauma treatments, psychodynamic psychotherapy, as well as reflection and consultation groups for staff.

Rebekah has invested everything into building Stepping Stones since 2017, despite living with a serious health condition which significantly impacts her day to day life. As a woman who is diagnosed as autistic and dyslexic later in life, Rebekah has become additionally respected within her profession for her professional and personal insight into neurodivergence, and works with many therapists and mental health professionals who are neurodivergent in coaching them in transforming their practice, as well as supervising their clinical work. She believes she is aided by her love of the outdoors, and her extended clinical practice within eco-psychotherapy, which sees her using nature in sessions, especially within trauma treatments.

Aside from clinical and supervisory practice, Rebekah is an experienced Lecturer, and continues to work as a Consulting Tutor for a large training college in London, as well as a growing training school on the Isle of Wight.  Over the years, she has taught on a range of counselling, psychotherapy and mental health subjects, including psychodynamic practice, clinical skills, risk and care planning, eco-psychotherapy, stress and relaxation, trauma and trauma informed practice and ethical practice.

She is currently undertaking her PhD, and is bringing her love of eco-psychotherapy together with her psychodynamic clinical training, to explore the experiences of clients and psychoanalytic/psychodynamic clinicians who have worked in the outdoors with patients.