In this episode, Rebekah Tinker, LCSW, shares her personal healing journey with Rob. Rebekah describes how her childhood experiences with assault, the loss of her father, and an eating disorder shaped her relationships with others and herself. Rob and Rebekah discuss how she found healing, and how her past helps her approach her clients with empathy and compassion.  

CONTENT NOTICE: This episode contains discussions of sensitive subject matter, including sexual assault, eating disorders, and the death of a parent.  

If you need support, please reach out:  

• Call, text, or chat 988 – Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 
• National Eating Disorders Association 
• RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline 
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center 

Related Blogs:  

• Ask a Therapist: How Do You Identify Eating Disorders in Adolescence? 
• What Is Relational Trauma? 
• Self-Esteem Activities for Teens 
• How Teen Mental Health Struggles Affect the Whole Family 
• Angry Teenagers: What Parents Should Know 

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• What To Know About Eating Disorder Treatment | Embark Sessions 
• Eating Disorders: How Parents Can Support Their Child | Roadmap to Joy 
• Getting to the Core: Peeling the Layers of Trauma and Addiction 
• Making Choices After Trauma: It’s More Complicated Than You Think 

About Rebekah Tinker, LCSW 

 Rebekah believes the therapeutic relationship is built from trust and sincerity. Her hope is to hold space for a genuine connection that fosters dynamic self reflection. Looking deeper into the layers of experience that inform our internal gaze and external lens, and what we intrinsically value and believe. Whether you are looking to unravel patterns of codependency, improve communication with your partner(s), or navigate through body shame and disordered eating, I see opportunity for clarity and resolve. 

Her clinical approach holds an intersectional feminist and psychodynamic lens. Each session is focused on deconstructing conscious and unconscious beliefs and behaviors. Weeding out what holds us captive in doubt, while empowering individuality and acceptance of self. 

She specializes in relationships, sex and sexuality, body image,