Rebecca graduated from UNC Greensboro in 2006 with a doctorate in counseling and counselor education. She ran a small private practice serving English and Spanish speaking women and children, and she taught part time in the graduate counseling programs at Western Carolina University and Lenoir Rhyne. She joined the Our VOICE team in 2015 as the bilingual counselor, providing therapy to English and Spanish speaking survivors of sexual assault. Since 2018 she has served as the counseling program director at Our VOICE.
Our VOICE is a non-profit crisis intervention and prevention agency which serves victims of sexual violence, age 13 through adult, in Buncombe County. Our VOICE was founded in 1974 as an all-volunteer, grassroots organization and now, more than 45 years and considerable growth later, Our VOICE employs 21 paid staff working to inspire hope and healing while ending sexual violence and human trafficking through education, counseling, and advocacy.
Enjoy this one-hour Living Well where Rebecca talks about the nature of sexual trauma and the many ways Our VOICE is serving the Asheville community and beyond.
Living Well with Rebecca Withrow on AshevilleFM, March 8, 2021
* Interview with Rebecca begins in the 2nd hour of show.