Originally from Buffalo, NY, Bethany earned an undergraduate degree in sociology from Clarion University of Pennsylvania and her Master of Social Work degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Bethany brings over 20 years experience, expertise and leadership to the social work field. She has served on policy teams and advisory boards for child protective services, schools, libraries, and a hospital ethics committee. She is active in advocating for children and adolescents and marginalized populations.

Bethany has worked in community mental health, an adolescent residential treatment facility, and as a legal advocate for intimate partner violence survivors. In a hospital setting, she has worked in the NICU as a medical social worker and as a clinical social worker in an inpatient psychiatric unit and outpatient behavioral health clinic.  She is trained in leading Critical Incident Stress Debriefings and she continues to take classes to learn about new treatments and approaches to assist people with living more fulfilling lives. She is also a clinical supervisor for associate level clinicians and volunteers to mentor newer therapists. She sits as Ethics Chair of North Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work. She has been practicing outpatient psychotherapy for the past eight years.

Bethany recently moved to the Raleigh area from Pennsylvania. She is loving the warm weather and friendly people.