Rebecca E. Glass, MDiv, MEd, LMFT, LPC
Rebecca Glass serves as Executive Director of Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center (PPCC), a non-profit counseling center based in Newport News, Rebecca Glass serves as Executive Director of Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center (PPCC), a nonprofit counseling center based in Newport News, Virginia, with satellite offices in Williamsburg. PPCC provides professional counseling, consultation, and education to individuals, couples, and families throughout the Virginia Peninsula. Recognizing the growing shortage of mental health providers, Glass has helped lead PPCC's efforts to develop a Training Program for graduate and postgraduate clinicians pursuing licensure. As a clinical supervisor and trainer, she enjoys supporting emerging professionals as they develop their clinical skills and prepare for independent practice. Her commitment to reducing barriers to care has fostered partnerships with local congregations and nonprofit organizations to expand access to services for individuals and families with limited financial resources.
Glass earned her Master of Education in Counseling from the College of William & Mary and is licensed in Virginia as both a marriage and family therapist and a professional counselor. Before joining PPCC, she served for eight years as a campus minister and held ministerial staff positions at congregations in North Carolina and Virginia.
After being introduced to Bowen family systems theory in seminary, Glass began attending clinical conferences at the Bowen Center and participated in Dr. Roberta Gilbert's Extraordinary Leadership Seminar from 2007 to 2010. She continues to study Bowen theory through her participation in the Systems Leadership Seminar and the Bowen Center's Learning & Development program. She has a particular interest in working with clergy and congregations and values the systems perspective for understanding relationships, strengthening leadership, and supporting congregations.
Glass lives in Yorktown, Virginia, with her husband, David. They have two adult sons.
She can be reached at rglass@thebowencenter.org