About Me

Rebecca has over 50 years of experience serving others through her psychotherapy/ mental health counseling practice

I have a general mental health counseling/psychotherapy practice and work primarily with adults and adolescents in individual, marital, and family therapy. I graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a major in Sociology in 1969. In 1971, I graduated from the LSU School of Social Work with a Master of Social Work Degree and a specialty in Mental Health. My Social Work Internship while in graduate school was with the LSU Medical School Department of Psychiatry in New Orleans. I attended graduate school on full scholarship from the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare and was designated Most Outstanding Student in my social work graduating class. I was given the Lewis Award for Scholastic Achievement in Social Work and was admitted to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement.

After graduate school, I worked at New Orleans Mental Health Center where I was promoted to Clinical Social Worker IV. In 1978 I left the state mental health system and started a private clinical social work practice in Uptown New Orleans. While building my private practice, I worked part-time for five years for the LSU Medical School Department of Neurology’s “Children’s Center.” I was responsible for working with the parents of children who participated in the Infant Development Program, the Seizure-Disordered Children’s Program, and the Gifted Preschool Program.

Having developed my Uptown private practice with adults and adolescents, I expanded my locations to Chalmette and Metairie, Louisiana. In 1987 I began working as Social Work Consultant to the Fertility Institute of New Orleans and I continue to serve in that capacity today. In 1996 I began a part-time private practice in Mandeville, Louisiana and in June 2013, I closed my South Shore practice and began working full time on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

Current and/or Past Certifications:

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) – Louisiana State Board of Social Work>
  • Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) – National Association of Social Work
  • National Registry of Health Care Providers in Clinical Social Work
  • Qualified School Social Worker – Louisiana State Department of Education
  • Diplomat in Clinical Social Work - National Association of Social Workers
  • Board Certified Social Worker - National Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work
  • Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work (BCD) - American Board of Examiners in
  • Clinical Social Work
  • Certified Hypnotherapist (CHt) – International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association

Current and/or Past Professional Organizations:

  • National Association of Social Workers
  • New Orleans Private Practice Unit of National Association of Social Workers
  • Louisiana Association of Mental Health
  • American Fertility Society
  • Resolve, Inc.
  • Association for Clinical Social Work Vendorship
  • International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association