Effective July 1, 2010, Rebeca is no longer practicing at Wichita Counseling & Coaching Center

Rebeca Sandoval-Kennedy, LSCSW

Education and Training

Rebeca Sandoval-Kennedy is a Licensed Specialist Clinical  Social Worker with more than ten years of experience working with individuals and families. She was born and raised in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School. She graduated from Hutchinson Community College and Bethany College (Lindsborg, KS) with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and Administration of Justice. She graduated with Honors from Newman University (Wichita, KS) with a Masters in Social Work. In 2008, she graduated from Mid America Nazarene University (Olathe, KS) with a certificate in Play Therapy. She has completed additional training in trauma-based treatment, sand tray therapy, filial therapy, theraplay, bereavement issues, foster care/adoption issues, substance abuse and attachment-based issues.

Rebeca specializes in working with children, teenagers, and families. She specializes in treating mood disorders, anxiety disorders, attachment issues, adoption issues, trauma, grief/loss, and family discord issues. She has an eclectic therapeutic model approach. She believes that no one particular model or theory works for everyone when it comes to their specific situation. She focuses on building rapport with individuals and assisting them in setting their own therapeutic goals. She is very client centered. She loves to be creative in therapy and “thinks outside the box”, when needing to come up with solutions to specific struggles. 

Previous Experience

Rebeca worked at the community mental health center in Hutchinson for over seven years. She has worked in many areas of the Social Work profession. She worked as a case manager with severely persistently mentally ill adults, an advocate with women in domestic violence situations, and as a houseparent with children in an emergency children’s shelter home. She has worked in the corrections field with both offenders and victims. She has worked in the criminal justice field and in substance abuse counseling. She has experience with supervising students in the Social Work profession. She is an adjunct professor with Bethany College teaching social work classes.

Rebeca serves on three boards in Hutchinson. She is a board member for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Reno County, Prairie Independent Living Center, and Communities That Care. She is married and has two dogs. 

Professional Affiliations 

Kansas Association of Play Therapists