Rebecca Rice, LCSW, R-DMT

About Rebecca Rice

Rebecca Rice is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a registered dance/movement therapist. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University and later attended the University of Michigan, where she performed, taught dance, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. She then completed her M.S.W. at the University of Maryland while simultaneously earning a master’s degree in dance/movement therapy at Goucher College.

Rebecca has extensive experience supporting individuals, couples, families, and parents of children with special needs. Earlier in her career, she helped parents identify developmental delays in young children and develop strategies to address developmental challenges. She later worked as the social worker at the Early Childhood Autism Academy within the Jewish Child and Family Services, supporting children and their families including parents, siblings, and grandparents. She was also part of the clinical team at the Virginia Frank Child Development Center in Chicago.

Rebecca works with teens and adults of all ages. She specialises in relationship concerns, life transitions, work/life balance, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and loss, anger, body image, and chronic illness. She has advanced training in couples therapy through the Gottman Method (Level 2) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

Her clinical approach integrates client-centered therapy, mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and dance/movement therapy. Rebecca believes that empathy, insight, and a strong therapeutic relationship can help clients deepen self-awareness, strengthen coping skills, and create more meaningful and joyful lives.

Outside of her clinical work, Rebecca enjoys yoga — taking and teaching — indoor rock climbing, and birding. She credits her son, who is pursuing a PhD in ornithology, with inspiring her love of birds, and her daughter with introducing her to the world of rock climbing.