Rebecca Rubin, LCAT, LMHC
Rebecca Rubin is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 15 years of experience in the mental health field working individually and in groups with children, teens, adults, couples, and families. Rebecca specializes in complex/relational trauma, depression, anxiety, and family/relationship issues. She draws on client strengths integrating talk-therapy modalities including psychodynamic, attachment, person-centered, and trauma-informed techniques with her creative arts therapy background.
As a passionate creative arts therapist, Rebecca interweaves creativity utilizing visual arts, writing, movement, drama, music, and mindfulness practices. Working with Rebecca, clients are able to identify and access inner resiliency, connect holistically to their experiences, and give voice to that which there are no words. Rebecca uses her warmth, groundedness, empathy, and humor to tackle concerns with clients each step of the way.
As a trained vocalist and musician Rebecca has a special interest in working with creative artists of all modalities, providing a space to explore one’s art as a medium of transformation. She has worked with teen artists and adult professional visual artists, actors, writers, musicians, and dancers providing a space where creative expression is as paramount as verbal processing.
Rebecca has a respect for diversity and honors differences. She understands the role our identities including sexuality, race, ethnicity, gender, class, and spirituality play in our daily experiences. Rebecca has received multiple anti-racist trainings and continues to educate herself on issues surrounding race and privilege. She has worked with members of the LGBTQI community both individually and in groups. Practicing from the understanding that creative modalities connect us to our humanity, Rebecca fosters a space where clients can feel safe and empowered to express and embrace their whole selves without judgment.
Rebecca has presented at a number of conferences including the International Expressive Therapies Conferences in Peru and Hong Kong. She is published in the Journal of Applied Arts and Health (JAAH) on the topic of gender-based violence and the expressive arts in community-based activism. Rebecca’s book review on the topic of school-based art therapy with at-risk youth is also presently being published by JAAH. She received a Master’s degree in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also holds a BA in Child Development from Tufts University and a BM in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory of Music.
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