Rebecca Morris

Rebecca Keiki Morris, BCC is a Pacific Northwest-based Outpatient Mental Health Chaplain for the Veterans Administration in Portland, OR. She is part of the National Dynamic Diffusion Network (collaboration with Department of Defense, National Chaplain Center & Veterans Administration) known for her program design and teachings in the Progressions Programming to address PTSD & Moral Injury reintegration. Rebecca is an ordained Buddhist Chaplain through Nalandabodhi by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, having received  Masters of Divinity through Naropa University. She has an Interdisciplinary Studies degree that includes History/Theory/Philosophy of Yoga and Buddhist Psychology and has trained extensively via Nitartha Institute (for higher Buddhist studies). She is also a Mental Health Clinical Chaplain with Pure Land Clinic & Consultation Services offering programming for moral distress for mental health clinicians and moral injury, worldwide. Also, Rebecca is a clinical chaplain in the SNaP (Stress Neurobiology & Prevention Research) Lab employing randomized clinical trials to examine the effects of preventive interventions on the plasticity of neural systems as part of the system to improve spiritual-emotional and psychological outcomes in therapy resistant trauma. You can learn more about her programing here  and here .

Rebecca’s teachings are inspired by numerous indigenous and nature-based traditions as well as  Vajrayana Buddhism. Her unique perspective equips her to cultivate mythic and archetypal transformation, and ceremonial initiations and rites of passage. Uniting these diverse understandings, her model of celebratory healing and soul-centered embodiment fosters compassion in individuals as they become comfortable in the mystery and paradox of life to embrace suffering.  Rebecca is the granddaughter of a WWII infantry Veteran, and was raised by Vietnam Veterans. She has experienced the interpersonal impact of combat trauma, PTSD, and Moral Injury, and is committed to preventative ethics—breaking the cycle of shame, violent communication, and hurtful actions that continue to impact individuals, families, and communities. Her vision is to help individuals discover their empathetic heart,  and to find ways that embody their own personal versions of kindness as an effort in creating a world with more compassion, from the inside out. 

Services Offered:

  • Psycho-Spiritual support and programming for moral distress and moral injury

  • 1:1 mentorship and teaching to address PTSD, moral injury & spiritual integration of trauma

  • Pastoral counseling for those at the end of life creating end of life intentions & support for individuals as well as families

  • Bereavement support counseling, clinical programming for acute and complex grief & loss

  • Personal instruction in meditation, mytho-poetic practices, divination, mantra and spiritual healing methods

  • Offers individual and group Yoga Nidra psycho education and experience