About Me

I’m an abolitionist Clinical Social Worker, Sex Therapist, and Educator whose practice is molded by being a queer, mixed-race, latinx/white, anti-zionist ashkenazi jew, and disabled person. My personal intention for doing this work is to build therapeutic relationships that nurture validation and growth. 

In addition to establishing my private practice in 2016, I’ve volunteered with anti-authoritarian organization on the establishment of a collective care committee since 2023. My most current learnings are rooted in conflict resolution and transformative justice and let me tell you: it’s humbling. I began the Ibis Team in 2020 alongside Iris Bowen, LCSW. Our consulting project offered journalists trainings on Trauma and Transformative Justice to cultivate more genuine connections with the communities they served. From 2016 until 2022, I lectured in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2) on two great passions of mine, Human Sexuality and Social Work. I provided long term therapy with the Therapy Center of Philadelphia (TCP) as well as at Einstein Healthcare Network’s Immunodeficiency Center (IDC) in North Philadelphia. While at the IDC, I aimed to provide pleasure-positive relational therapeutic services to individuals and groups living with HIV/AIDS, knowing this was a group that was experienced additional stigma from their diagnosis.  Working at Women Against Abuse (WAA), I offered short-term therapy to residents in the Domestic Violence shelter. As someone with both lived and learned experience about Intimate Partner Violence, I was honored to teach hundreds of people as the Training and Technical Assistance Supervisor. I live and operate my therapy practice while occupying Lenapehoking land.

I began working in the sexuality field in 2005, after receiving my Masters in Social Work and Masters of Education in Human Sexuality at Widener University in 2011. Combining my graduate school experience as both as student and a professor, I became a Certified Sex Therapist (CST) through AASECT in 2023. Along with two good co-conspirators, I co-founded the queer sex education collaborative ScrewSmart in 2009, which brought pleasure-focused workshops and events to participants throughout the country. For six years, I created queer, trans and disability-centered spaces for students in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2) to learn about Human Sexuality and LGBTQ Practices within the professional field. I am is passionate about integrating sexuality into patient-centered care and to this end, I co-founded the LGBT Committee at Einstein Medical Center, served as a Gynecological Teaching Associate for medical students, developed curriculum and facilitated small groups for the American Medical Student Association’s Sexual Health Scholar’s Program, and volunteered as a board member for the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health (now SHIP) in Rhode Island.

Rebecca provides trainings on trauma, sexuality, gender, and equity. They are available for facilitation or consultation by request through the "Contact" page.