Rate Rebekkah Pennington

Hello!

My name is Rebekkah Pennington, I am a seasoned mental health professional and counselor. I have worked in the field of addictions and mental health since 1993. Before this I have years of personal experience dating back to the 70's and 80' I actually had the privilege and honor of studying under some of the original recovery movement gurus before recovery and rehabs were a thing. John Bradshaw, Claudia Black and Pia Melody have been some of my early hero's in the field.

So after my recovery began to take place for real :) in 1991 Jan 14th to be exact, God as I understand Him put a strong desire in my heart to become educated more on a professional level so that I could help others find their way back. Since that time I have achieved four college degrees in Addictions, Social Work, Criminal Justice, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Professional Counseling. Years and years of training and experience working with Men, Women and Adolescents in many varied settings. Hospitals, Residential, Intensive Outpatient, Supportive Outpatient, and Aftercare to name a few, also Jails and Prisons I have worked in Therapeutic Community settings which were some of my favorite and most passionate days. Recovery is real and it is totally possible if you are willing to put yourself all in, you get out what you put in basically and I am willing to go all in with you to help you save your own life. Literally. Or some definite improvements. Quality of life is essential and a basic peace and happiness will be obtained by working through issues and finding your authentic selves.

One of my strengths is geared towards establishing authentic relationships with those I works with, using a person-centered technique. You do and will always know yourselves, your strengths, your weaknesses, much better than I or anyone else ever could. My main mode of counseling is solution-focused, preferring an integrative approach to therapy as the ways and means to provide a foundation for building relationships with clients.

I specialilize in addictions.

Specializations/Expertise

Specialize in Addictions treatment/ Interventionist

28 Years of Trauma Recovery work

35 Years Experience Codependency Specialist

28 years Relapse Prevention Work

28 Years of various Mental health Diagnosis work, Schizophrenia, Depression, Borderline Personality, Bi-Polar, etc etc

30 Years experience in Criminal Justice institutions in Texas working as Counseling Professional.

15 Years with Addicted High Risk Adolescents, some of my most favorite years by far!! and Heartbreaking.

Types of Therapy

Person-Centered

Christian Counseling

Multicultural: Culturally Sensitive

Experiential Therapy

12 - Step components

Strength-Based

Trauma Focused

Mind-full based approaches

SPECIALTIES

Adolescents

Criminal Justice Population

Addictions

Depression

Trauma and abuse

Grief and Loss

Self esteem

If you need help and want to put in the effort I would be really excited to be a part of your Journey back home!