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About Rebecca
“I have known Rebecca for ten years… Rebecca is an
excellent therapist and works extremely well with families
and staff. She is creative, a self-starter and an able
administrator… Once you get to know Rebecca you will see
that her clinical and people skills are a direct reflection of
her strong moral and ethical character. One always knows
where she stands because of her clear boundaries and her
unbelievably tactful manner of dealing with conflict.”
Laurie Burdick, LISW, LCSW
Private Practioner
“I have known Rebecca both on a personal and professional
level for over ten years. I have known her always to be a
very sincere and genuine person. She is a dedicated and
hardworking professional, always putting forth a 100% effort
into her work and seeing things through to completion. She
has a vast array of of experience in the human service field.
She is known to be a mature leader and has functioned in
that capacity throughout her professional career.
Rebecca is skilled at establishing the core conditions of
counseling with her clients, develops accurate diagnostic
assessments, and applies appropriate treatment planning
and theoretical interventions.”
Mike Shovlain, President
New Life Outpatient Center, Inc
“I have known Rebecca Dwyer-Elias for the past 11 years
in the capacity of volunteer for the American Red Cross of
the Quad Cities Area in Moline, IL. Rebecca volunteers as
a disaster mental health volunteer. She has responded to
local disasters and also large national hurricane disaster
operations. In addition, Rebecca does debriefings for
our disaster volunteers returning from their three week
assignment on disasters.
Being a disaster volunteer requires a large capacity for
flexibility and adaptability ... Rebecca does very well in this
area by keeping her focus on the best way to serve Red Cross
clients who’ve suffered loss due to disasters. Rebecca is
always professional as a volunteer for the Red Cross in the
area of disaster mental health services.”
Gary Shivers, Emergency Services Director
Quad Cities Chapter of the Red Cross
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Professional Affiliations &
Volunteer Work
- American Red Cross 2001- Present
- DART Disaster Aviation Response Team
- Independent Consultant to Davenport Dioceses
- Conference Presenter on Treatment of Perpetrators
- Presenter and facilitator for spouse’s group of deployed military personnel
- Illowa EAPA Chapter Member
Education
- MSW, Masters of Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 1983
- B.A., Liberal Studies, Elementary Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 1979
- LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the state of California 1986
- LISW, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker for the state of Iowa 1991
- LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the state of Illinois 1991
Professional Experience
- Psychotherapist/ Private Practice, 1999-Present
- Professor Kaplan University-Psychology, Contemporary Psychology & Exploring the 1960’s
- Crisis Care Network- Critical Incident Responder 2003-Present
- Scott Community College Adjunct Instructor- Psychology & Sociology
- The Abbey Center- Clinical Director/ Family Therapist Residential Treatment Center for Substance Abuse/Dependence
- New Life Outpatient Treatment – Program Director of Adolescent Treatment program
- Robert Young Mental health Center- Staff Therapist
- Adult, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry- Private Practice Palm Springs, California
- Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Treatment of Sexual & Physical Abuse & Perpetrators Staff Psychotherapist Palm Springs, California
- South Central Human Relations Center Community Mental Health Center, Owatonna, Minnesota
- The Village of Childhelp, U.S.A., Beaumont, California Staff Social Worker
- Alvarado Community Hospital- Mental health Unit/ER San Diego, California
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