Dr. Bea is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Kentucky with extensive
clinical experience in pediatric and adult mental and behavioral health, substance
abuse, mental health education and training. She earned her BA in Psychology from
the University of Kentucky, her MSSW from the University of Louisville, and her DSW
from the University of Kentucky. She has published in The New Social Worker magazine,
presented at numerous conferences on mental health, parenting, grief, secondary trauma,
wellness, ancestral methods of healing and social work education. She is a member
of the Kentucky Society of Clinical Social Work, Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy
at Loyola Chicago, Coalition of Black Social Workers, CSWE, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
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