Becky

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I specialize in anxiety disorders, life transitions & stress reduction in college students and adults. I received my Master’s in Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill in 2020 and I’ve worked at Starling Family Services since 2021. Before that, I worked at a local agency serving families as an outpatient therapist and school-based therapist. I completed my graduate field placements with a School Social Worker & a team of clinicians providing Family Centered Therapy. I have also worked with college students as a Resident Advisor and volunteered with survivors of interpersonal violence.

Outside of the therapy room, I enjoy spending time outside with my partner, baking vegan treats, swimming and creating art. I have worked as a professional yoga teacher & maintain my own personal practice. I was born and raised in England and have spent the past 18 years in North Carolina. 

My Approach

I believe in partnership in the therapeutic relationship. As your therapist, I bring my clinical training and offer validation, psychoeducation, tools, and clinical interventions based on your needs. As the client, you are the expert in your own life and bring with you a wealth of knowledge about your past experiences, current struggles, and dreams for the future. Together we can build a collaborative, trusting relationship that lets you explore and express yourself without fear of judgment. In addition to traditional talk therapy, I use mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork and draw on my experience as a trained yoga teacher. 

As a social worker, critiquing and working to dismantle systems of oppression is central to my work. I engage in my own anti-racism and anti-oppression work as a white, cis, queer, able-bodied woman. I am affirming of the LGBTQIA+ community and folks of all identities and backgrounds.