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Licensure, Certifications, and Specialized Training:
License in Clinical Social Work
Indiana license number: 34004596A
Illinois license number: 149019760
Virginia license number: 0904015706
Certified Gender Therapist with the World Professional Alliance for Transgender Health (WPATH)
WPATH Mentor for therapists seeking WPATH Certification
Advanced Graduate from the Indiana Gestalt Institute
Gender pronouns: She/Her
(pronounced WAH-le-tich)
Since 1999, I have served children and adults, providing individual, couple, family, and group counseling. I use a variety of therapeutic techniques, but am extensively trained in Gestalt, and draw predominantly from that modality.
My experience includes working with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting and relationship problems, as well as working with people who are thinking about how gender and sexuality show up in their daily life. I have extensive experience and training helping people, and families, explore issues surrounding gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, polyamory, and health status concerns.
Insurances accepted:
Aetna
CareSource
Cigna
Community/Indiana ProHealth
Medicare
United Health Care/UMR/Optum
Contracted vendor with the Indiana Department of Child Services
Courses/Workshops
Courses/Workshops
The following is a list of courses/workshops taught:
Transcending the Binary- Using Gestalt Working with Gender Diverse Clients (2022 and 2023)
WPATH Informed Consent Letter Training, SOC 7 (2022)
SUPPORTING FAMILIES TO SUPPORT LGBTQ YOUTH (2HRS) (2020)
COMBATING MYTHS AND ADVANCING TRUTHS: Persistence, "Desistance,” and “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” (2HRS) (2020)
THERAPY WITH GENDER DIVERSE YOUTH, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES BEYOND THE BASICS (5 HR) (2019)
WORKING WITH TRANSGENDER CLIENTS (2HR) (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
ADVOCATING FOR GENDER DIVERSE YOUTH IN SCHOOLS (2HRS) (2018)
GENDER VARIANT YOUTH: Training for Educational Professionals (1HR) (2015)
HOW TO BE A TRANS* ALLY (1HR) (2015)
NOW THEY KNOW: Communicating with your parents and family about your sexual orientation and gender identity (1HR) (2015)
TRANSGENDER 101 (2HRS) (2014)
AUTISM WORKSHOP: For Foster Parents (1HR) (2009)
REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER (RAD): What is it and how to work with it (3HRS) (2008/2009)
PRACTICING AS A GLBT SOCIAL WORKER (2HRS) (2009)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND LBGTQ SURVIVORS (2HRS) (2002)
Publications
Publications
Queering Gestalt Therapy: An Anthropology on Gender, Sex, & Relationship Diversity in Psychotherapy, Chapter 5. -Experiment and Phenomenology in Treating Gender Dysphoria. Edited by Ayhan Alman, John Gillespie, Vikram Kolmannskog. Copyright 2023
Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities: Voices for Equity, Inclusion, and Resilience, Chapter 12: Supporting Caregivers and Families of Transgender and Nonbinary Youth. Richard A. Brandon-Friedman, Rand Warden, Rebecca Waletich, & Kelly L. Donahue
Links to Online Trainings and Interviews
Links to Online Trainings and Interviews
Dispelling Disinformation about Trans Youth panel discussion with Indiana Democratic Party, 2021.
Minority Stress, Stigma in Mental Health, and Community Healing (presented for the IU LGBTQ Health Conference 2021)
Transgender 101 - at Columbus North High School 2017
Panel Opens Community Dialogue on Gender Identity (interview with The Republic, 2017)
Interview with Rebecca as a part of Transitioning: One man's journey to self discovery, part 2
Interview with Rebecca as a part of a news story about youth surgically transitioning in 2014 (be aware there is dated information and language in this story.)
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