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 Rebecca
is a native of Alexandria, VA where she was raised in
a Christian home. Her faith walk led her to complete
a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Black Studies at the College
of William and Mary in Virginia. Through both classroom
and life experiences, Rebecca was challenged to understand
God’s love for diversity in our world. In the
hope of sharing God’s love with others she went
on to complete an M.A. in Community Counseling at Regent
University in 2007.
Rebecca’s unique faith background
informs her counseling. Rebecca is currently a member
of the Episcopal church, but she and her husband are
also active participants in the Catholic tradition.
As a practicing non-Catholic, Rebecca has insights into
both the complexity and beauty of the Catholic faith.
She also understands the potential complications for
ecumenical marriages, and the need for compromise and
cooperative growth in faith.
As well as being Catholic, Rebecca’s
husband is an officer in the United States Navy. Rebecca
is familiar with the strains that public service can
place on a marriage and has learned the difficulty of
long-distance communication first hand.
Rebecca interned at Bethany House
of Northern Virginia, a faith-based shelter community
for domestic abuse survivors and their children. This
experience demonstrated to her the transforming power
of God in lives challenged by violence and homelessness.
Rebecca enjoys working with all clients,
but especially enjoys working with couples, young women,
and adolescent females.
Her theme scripture for Christian
counseling is Ephesians 4:2-6 “Be completely humble
and gentle; be patient, bearing one another in love.
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through
the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit
- just as you were called to one hope when you were
called - one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and
Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and
in all.”
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