Becca is a lover of the natural world and spends most of her free time in the ocean or mountains of Santa Barbara, CA.
She completed her Bachelor's degree at Wheaton College with a major in Sociology, and her Master's in Counseling Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She entered the field of Psychology as a Field Guide with teens, young adults, and families, at Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, a 3-month intensive therapy backpacking program. Becca continued her journey working with male teens in transition, at New Summit Academy in Costa Rica.
Locally, she has worked as a therapist with all ages & backgrounds at New Beginning Counseling Center, as a School Therapist in the ERMHS program at Santa Barbara Unified with adolescents of all ages, as a Residential Therapist at Casa Serena Dual-Diagnosis Rehab and Substance Abuse Center for Women, and as an Intensive Family Services Therapist at CALM serving youth and families. She has been working in a Private Practice setting since 2022, locally in Santa Barbara, California. Alongside her therapy career, she has been mentoring youth of all ages at Wilderness Youth Project since 2018.
Wheaton College, BA 2011
Pacifica Graduate Institue, MA, 2021
Certification in Somatic Psychotherapy 2023
Approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
EMDR Consulting Trained 2023
Approved by EMDRIA
EMDR Beyond Basics Refresher Course 2025
Approved by EMDRIA
Wilderness First Responder/ CPR, 2015
NOLS
Trauma compromises our ability to engage with others by replacing patterns of connection with patterns of protection.
— Deb Dana