Vera DeLuca, LPC, LMFT
Licensed Professional Counselor, Touro Hospital
Highlights
- Survivorship Series Program Leader, 2023
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Vera graduated with a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling in 2003 and is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist employed at Touro Hospital for 18 years.
The first 14 years of Vera’s time at Touro were spent in the inpatient rehab unit as the rehabilitation counselor. There she provided counseling services to spinal cord injury and brain injury patients, and education to patients and families in their daily education classes. Since 2018, Vera has been counseling patients and their family members in the oncology department, where she also helps to facilitate support groups through work with the supportive services team. Vera truly loves working with her young patient population and looks forward to being able to provide more education.
Vera has been happily married for 18 years and has two children, ages 14 and 11.