Rebekah is our Managing Director, and Founded Stepping Stones in 2017 after working alongside police and ambulance personnel within her work as a Senior Nurse in mental health services over the previous 28 years. Rebekah is also married to Gareth (see right) and has supported him and their family through his service as an NHS Paramedic.

She began retraining as a therapist in 2010, studying between the Tavistock Clinic in London, and University of Brighton to ultimately achieve her Masters with Merit. Her thesis for her Masters focused on therapists working with 999 staff who become suicidal, and it is this research which has seen her asked to major 999 events to speak about the discoveries she made, particularly in connection with the benefits of EMDR and Ecotherapy.

  Rebekah is now studying to achieve her PhD (Psychotherapy) and is writing her thesis around the clients' experience of psychodynamic therapy which is conducted using walk and talk sessions in natural environments.

Within her therapeutic career, Rebekah has worked in both the NHS and private practice and brings a wealth of expertise to sessions as a Psychodynamically trained Psychotherapist who has extended her skills to include EMDR, Trauma Therapy, CISM work (Debrief and Crisis Incident support),  Mindfulness, EFT, and ACT approaches. 

Rebekah is a Clinical Supervisor and Lecturer, and has taught on a variety of courses over the past 20 years, including Counselling training courses. 

She has recently become an Honorary Fellow (Psychiatry) with UCL - University College London. Within this, Rebekah will be actively supporting the development of Mindfulness teaching programmes for Junior Doctors training at UCL.

Gareth is a fully qualified Paramedic with 20 years experience of working at a range of levels within NHS Emergency Services and NHS Acute Services, with his most recent appointment being as a Resuscitation Practitioner in A&E. 

During his Ambulance career, Gareth worked on the Specialist Operational Response car in the ambulance service, having previously worked his way through the 'ranks' to become an OTL (Operational Team Leader). He served as a Bronze Commander and has attended many major incidents within this role.  Previously to this he has also worked in the Critical Care service, as well as spending many years working on ambulances and rapid response cars.

As a qualified teacher, he has supported a range of students making their first steps within the ambulance service and holds dear the ethos of providing the patient with the highest quality care in their time of need. 

Gareth has a passion for protecting the mental wellbeing of ambulance personnel, and within this is committed to supporting the work of Stepping Stones.  He has actively participated in CPD events for the therapists on the team, sharing his extensive knowledge and experience of working within the emergency services to enable therapists to better understand the challenges that face their clients from the ambulance service.

As a Director, Gareth leads meetings with both existing and new contracts, and, within this, works alongside the Senior Team to ensure positive communication is maintained. He additionally supports the financial aspects of the business, linking between our Financial Administrator, Bookkeeper and Accountants.