Rebecca Brown

Rebecca Brown’s career has spanned over 37 years within medical social work, childhood trauma and crisis response fields. The majority of her career was in the child protection system as a Supervisor, Trainer and Coordinator of the Critical Incident Debriefing Team. Rebecca is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Western University, a sought-after public speaker delivering workshops and conferences throughout Canada and the USA on the topics of Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, Resilience and Burnout to professionals in the trauma and health fields. Her clinical time is now shared between her private practice in Southwestern Ontario which includes certification in EMDR and Equine Assisted Therapy. Rebecca is certified in Crisis Intervention (CISM) and is deployed to provide Psychological First Aid at tragic/traumatic events locally and internationally. Rebecca has been a passionate volunteer of the Badge of Life Canada for over ten years, co-facilitating the First Responders’ and Family Support Groups.

Rebecca has published two books offering her professional and personal experiences: “Shelter from our Secrets, Silence and Shame; How Our Stories Can Keep Us Stuck or Set Us Free” and “Break Free from Burnout; Essential Strategies for Everyday Stress to Create Calm Amid the Chaos”.