As a  Traditional South African Healer - Sangoma, Rebecca Rogerson (she/her) has been exposed to people of all ages and ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Initially trained in Soweto, South Africa, then Botswana; she has a deep respect for the cultural heritage these teachings brings.

 

Working in Southern Africa and Canada for over two decades; she has made it her custom to learn from a wide array of modalities, seeking to do so, in a non-culturally-appropriative manner. 

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Rebecca was an international consultant specializing in HIV and AIDS and traditional healing and medicine in Southern Africa at community-based, medical, and national policy levels for over a decade.

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She has presented at various juried conferences worldwide and has earned international recognition for her work as a practitioner. 

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Rebecca has contributed to various academic, public and private sector publications, and has authored multiple editions of the tertiary level textbook HDEV (2017, 2021 & 2024).  

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Rebecca taught in the Social Service Worker Program at Seneca College in Toronto for almost a decade. She has an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a thesis focus on Bungoma healing practices as a decolonization praxis. Rebecca was recently the sole participant and co-author in a neuroscientific paper about changes in brain chemistry when in a perceived trance. 

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Rebecca maintains her private practice in the Kootenays in British Columbia, incorporating her Jewish lineage and Indigenous Red Road teachings into her work. She returns to South Africa as often as she can to visit family, consult with people and collect herbal medicine. She provides remote consultations for people all over the world. 

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See her LinkedIn profile below for more professional information.

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(Picture from Makhosi Elliot Ndlovu's homestead, KZN, South Africa 2001).