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Rebekah Demirel L.Ac. MPCC is the founder and director of Trauma Integration Programs, with more than a decade as an ambulance paramedic, twenty-two years as a paramedic trainer and fifteen years of mental health counseling experience, specializing in post-traumatic stress and critical incident stress. (Licensed in BC) She is also a licensed East Asian medicine practitioner and acupuncturist, practicing in Seattle Washington and Victoria BC. Rebekah’s unique skill set and experience are informed by her own traumatic childhood and teen years spent on the street and in the foster care system, giving her a special familiarity and empathy for trauma and loss. She serves on the planning council for Seattle King County Healthcare for the Homeless and is an active and fierce volunteer advocate for people who are unhoused.
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In her haunting memoir, Nothing's for Nothing, Rebekah Demirel reveals a childhood of adversity and neglect, beginning at age three when her mother fled the violence of their home, through her years growing up in a chaotic and abusive household with her Pentecostal father and violent older brother, until leaving home at age thirteen for an uncertain life on the streets. Rebekah takes us on a soulful journey of heartbreak, loss and grief, her own difficult homeless teen years, and the resiliency gained from those experiences, with inspiring messages of hope, healing, forgiveness and personal transformation.
Watch for announcements for readings or call Rebekah to arrange a reading and discussion group near you
Watch for announcements for readings or call Rebekah to arrange a reading and discussion group near you
Auricular Acupuncture
Rebekah is a NADA certified Registered Trainer of the NADA Program!
Not only acupuncturists can learn the NADA protocol but in Washington State, Doctors and Nurses can become certified to use the five needle protocol to help their patients with addictions and stress.
For more information about NADA courses contact Rebekah on this website contact link.
Rebekah is a NADA certified Registered Trainer of the NADA Program!
Not only acupuncturists can learn the NADA protocol but in Washington State, Doctors and Nurses can become certified to use the five needle protocol to help their patients with addictions and stress.
For more information about NADA courses contact Rebekah on this website contact link.
A specific protocol of auricular or ear acupuncture known as NADA was developed especially for treating withdrawal and cravings of all types of addiction and is also used extensively for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. There are over 2000 programs world wide in over 40 countries. As a licensed acupuncturist, Rebekah offers this as part of Taming the Dragon Secondary Trauma Training. She can come to your workplace for monthly visits to offer this valuable self-care model for staff.