Education: B A.S in Child and Family Development, Certification in Child and Family Development Administration and Minor in Human Sciences; MA in Social Work w/Certification in Substance Abuse Counseling, Training in Military and Medical Trauma

Certifications: Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Registered Child-Parent Psychotherapist (CPP) rooted in developmental psychology, attachment theory, psychoanalysis, trauma theory, and developmental psychopathology, Registered Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) Facilitator based on principles of attachment by developing specific relationship capacities.

Population Served: Children & Adolescents with and without disabilities, Parent-Child Relationships, Military Families

Specialties: All types of Trauma, Crisis Intervention/Response/Stabilization, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, Parenting Issues, Some Mood disorders, Loss and Grief, Domestic Violence and Child-Parent Relationship Issues

Bethany received her Bachelor of Science degree in 2013 from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. Bethany worked with children and families for 12 years as a Parent Educator for the Even Start Family Literacy Program and as a Center Coordinator for both Head Start/Early Head Start Program. Bethany obtained her Master’s degree in Social work from East Carolina University of North Carolina in 2019 after gaining 5 years of experience working in Child Welfare. Bethany gained experience in working in crisis response and intervention with Integrated Family Services Mobile Crisis Team for a year in Onslow County. She also worked at Carteret Health Care for a year and a half as a Behavioral Health Clinical Evaluator assessing and stabilizing acute mental/behavioral/substance related crisis for children up through the geriatric population. Additionally, she worked for Child First, Easter Seals UCP for 2 and a half years treating children under the age of 6 with parents in their home setting.

Bethany is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist-Associate with a concentration in children and adolescents. She understands that successful treatment requires a compassionate therapeutic relationship utilizing researched based interventions, modalities and techniques related to: CBT & DBT, Somatic Psychology, Parts Work Therapy, Art Therapy, Mind-Body Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, Relational Theory that is attachment theory and developmental psychology that is play based.