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Get to Know Becca

About My Education and Credentials

Hello there, I'm Becca. I graduated from the University of Southern California with my Master's in Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health in 2014. I am an LCSW which stands for  Licensed Clinical Social Worker. 

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Why Choose Social Work and Mental Health

Social work, for me, means so much. It's more than just a career or job it's my passion. As an adult adoptee and an adoptive mother, I have not only studied and researched how adoption affects the lives of adoptees and their adoptive parents, but I also have first-hand knowledge of the challenges and grace that adoption can come with. Adoption is complicated and messy; it can also be tough to understand. That's why I am here to help you make sense of your experience. While I have researched adoption as it relates to birthparent grief and loss, I do not have the same lived knowledge as I do of adult adoptees and adoptive parents.  My lived experience has guided me toward understanding the importance of adoptee-centered spaces, which is why I only provide mental health services to adoptees at this moment. I started providing no-mental health consultation services to adoptive parents.  

 

While adoption is one of my passions, so is understanding the human condition. Social work has given me the space to walk alongside some of the most amazing human beings I have ever met in my life as they recover from addiction, grief, and trauma. Mental health and wellness are essential areas of life that can sometimes go unacknowledged in our societies, communities, cultures, families, and even within ourselves. I hope to help change the stigma of seeking help, no matter how small my contribution. I am so grateful and humbled that I have developed my ability to help people understand their narratives, own their stories, walk into their power, and make meaning of their lives. That's why I chose social work.

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On a more Personal Note...

I am a person of many intersecting identities. I am a Black (biracial: Black/white) disabled, Queer, Bisexual, small-fat, cis-gendered woman who uses a psychiatric service dog for brain health disorders. In my work, I am not a "Healer" or the "Healed"; I am a "Walker alongside" as we both do the work. My job does not mean I know more about you than you do. It means I went to school and did a bunch of work to be allowed to sit with others as they make meaning of their own inner and outer worlds, how to read literature and understand what little is known about the workings of our inner worlds in the context of a deeply biased and racist system. I still go home and try my best with all of my brain health struggles and physical limitations. My goal is to normalize being someone who needs extra support. My other goal is to normalize your exquisite expertise in all things you.

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