Rebekah Demirel
Acupuncturist · Clinical Counsellor · Author · Trauma Educator
For over thirty years, Rebekah Demirel has helped people, and the organizations that serve them, recover from trauma, stress and pain. She is a classically trained registered acupuncturist and registered clinical counsellor, a former BC Ambulance paramedic and paramedic trainer of more than twenty years, and the author of the memoir Nothing’s for Nothing. Her work rests on a simple conviction: it is never too late to feel better, and healing happens body, mind and spirit together.
“Rebekah’s greatest gift is resilience. She truly is one of the most resilient people I know, and her writing conveys that effortlessly.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté
What brings you here today?
I’m looking for care for myself
Acupuncture, facial rejuvenation and clinical counselling in Victoria, BC, for pain, stress, hormonal health and emotional wellbeing.
I’m looking to bring training to my team
Trauma-informed training, secondary trauma support and self-care workshops for social service, healthcare, education and community organizations.
I’m looking to sing with the choir
Radiance Revival Choir is a welcoming, noon-time community choir in Victoria, BC, open to every voice, no experience needed.
Proof it works
From the blog
Look Who Thinks She’s a Nobody
Notes on healing, resilience, Chinese medicine, and getting through it.
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What Your Ear Has to Do With Your Nervous System
The NADA protocol, in plain language — five needles, one ear, a settled nervous system.
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Fourteen Years on an Ambulance Taught Me One Thing About Trauma
What paramedic work teaches you about the body’s stress response, and what actually helps.
Her story
Rebekah’s own path, shaped by a traumatic childhood and teenage years spent homeless and in foster care, is the foundation of everything she teaches. She tells it in full in her memoir, Nothing’s for Nothing: Transformation Through Trauma.
