Rebekah Demirel is the founder of Trauma Integration Programs, providing training and support to social services personell, medical and education professionals, emergency services teams and corporate organizations for more than twenty years. Her background includes fourteen years as a BC Ambulance paramedic, twenty-two years as a paramedic trainer, over two decades as a registered clinical counsellor, specializing in post-traumatic stress and loss. She is also a licensed East Asian medicine practitioner and acupuncturist, generating another layer of understanding to her counselling work. Rebekah’s unique skill set and experience is 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. Rebekah continues to be an active volunteer and advocate for people who are unhoused, in her community and beyond.
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