about potentia
Potentia is dedicated to providing high quality out patient treatment, education and advocacy for individuals and families dealing with disordered eating, trauma and related issues. Potentia clinicians and dieticians have specialized trainings in these areas and customize treatment to meet each individual’s needs while providing excellent coordinated care with each client’s treatment team. We believe that healing and recovery is possible – though it may look different for every person. If you are ready for change, ready to work hard for that change and have some hope there is freedom and peace available to you, then we are ready to walk along side you as you begin or continue this journey.
Rebecca Bass-Ching, LMFT
Potentia Founder, Director and Therapist
Rebecca is a therapist, writer and speaker at schools, churches, and organizations on topics related to food and body issues and trauma. She established Potentia to merge all of her passions while providing resources and outpatient care to those in need of specialized support. Rebecca is currently serving as President on the San Diego chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals and also serves as an expert panelist for FINDINGbalance.com. Rebecca utilizes her previous professional experiences and stays connected to local, state and federal advocacy groups to help improve the quality of care for those suffering from eating disorders and related issues. Prior to her work as a therapist, Rebecca worked as an Aide to a United States Senator in Washington DC and as an Account Executive for an Issue Advocacy Advertising Firm in New York City. She also worked for Young Life's International Division as an Area Director in Zürich, Switzerland, and then as their International Staff Coordinator. Originally from the Midwest, Rebecca still misses the snow and seasons but loves all that San Diego has to offer outdoors year-round: hiking, biking, beach time, exploring local farmers markets or working out in the park with her beloved boot camp buddies. Rebecca is happily married and the mother of two young children.
Megan Holt, MPH, RD
Potentia Wellness and Prevention Expert
Megan Holt has specialized experience in all levels of care of ED treatment, including residential, day treatment, and intensive outpatient care. Additionally, Megan specialized in acute care/clinical nutrition, working with patients who are nutritionally compromised due to diabetes, GI disorders, bariatric surgery or other chronic conditions. Megan has earned a master’s degree in public health epidemiology from San Diego State University. She encourages an interdisciplinary ‘team’ approach, where the different specialists work together and communicate regularly to improve the client’s treatment outcome. Currently, Megan is also a full time public health preventive care doctoral student at Loma Linda University. Megan's passions include fitness-related activities such as running, swimming, surfing and Bikram Yoga, going to music festivals, and spending time with her husband and her puppy, Reba. She moved here at the age of 18, and spent her undergraduate years at San Diego State University, and quickly fell in love with this wonderful city and all that San Diego has to offer in the way of outdoor activity and nightlife. She's recently married after a glorious destination wedding Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Amy Wickstron, PhD, MFT, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor
Potentia Child Expert and Consultant
Amy is an author, clinician, professor, and speaker at non-profit organizations, churches, schools, and nationwide conferences. She has been featured on NBC News and was “the family expert” on KSON’s morning show in San Diego. Her research and writing have been published in professional journals and clinical books, and she has been interviewed by newspapers for her views on children and parenting. In 2006, she founded San Diego Center for Play Therapy, a private practice dedicated to the provision of child and family mental health services and training in play therapy. She later founded More than a Toy, to support families outside of the traditional therapeutic context by providing them with individualized consultations, online services, and a variety of other products aimed at strengthening parent-child relationships and promoting child wellbeing. Amy is happily married and the proud mother of her son and owner of their Great Dane, Lewis.
