Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor), LCAT (Licensed Creative Arts Therapist), and TEP, is the co-director of the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute which she co-founded in1 989. She was the Director of Child and Adolescent Psychodrama Service at Four Winds Psychiatric Hospital, Katonah, NY where for over twenty five years she ran six psychodrama groups a week with children and adolescents. She also supervised the psychodrama internship program at Four Winds.
Rebecca is a sought after international trainer and is known for her expertise in the use of action methods with children and adolescents. She has brought her well-received training seminars on the use of action methods with children and teenagers to conferences and training institutes throughout the US and abroad.
Rebecca was an elected member of the Executive Council of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, an organization in which she is a Fellow. She is the 2010 recipient of their Hannah Weiner Award which honors her years of service to the ASGPP and was honored to receive their 2018 JL Moreno Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field.