Beth Powell, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, certified academic educator, neuro-behavioral educator, program consultant, speaker, trainer, and mediator. She has helped families with special needs children for over 30 years. Her practice, Child-in-Family Services, is in Conroe, TX, of the greater Houston North Metropolitan area.

Beth was a mental health consultant with Texas Head Start Programs for 15 years and was an assistant director with Houston’s Infant Programs, an Early Childhood Intervention Program for special needs children. She has provided consultation and/or training for schools and organizations in Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Mexico and Africa.

Beth is licensed in the state of Texas to evaluate and treat mental health issues with children, teens, adults and couples. She is a Texas CEU training provider and Texas social worker supervisor. She has created a unique time and cost-effective child-in-family approach that includes the child’s caregivers as part of the treatment team. She evaluates children in their family or in their school setting from a behavioral, neuro-behavioral, bio-chemical, social and academic perspective to create individualized programs to help them reach their full potential.

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Worth Mentioning

• Featured in the documentary film "My Name Is Faith" (working title was "Breakthrough"), about an adopted child's journey from trauma to healing.
  
• Advisory Board Committee Member of Kenyan Orphanage, Into Abbas Arms.
  
• Advisory Board Committee Member of Angel Reach, Inc, a foster-adopt support organization.
  
• Beth was recommended as a therapist in Dr. Steven Gray's book: The Maltreated Child: Finding What Lurks Beneath.
  
• Houston Press Newspaper, September 19-25, 2002, likened Beth's style of therapy to "a visit with a loving grandmother."
  
• Along with the HANDLE® Institute, conducted a research outcomes study on the effectiveness of a HANDLE® neuro-behavioral approach with a group of Mexican orphans which was published in Fostering Families Today and Adoption Today in 2006.
  
• International ATTACh Conference workshop presentation CD's are available from www.attach.org.
  
  

  Beth's educational background includes:
  

• University Training: 1990 MSW: University of Houston
  
• 1977 B.S.: University of Southern Mississippi
  

  Training

Didactic

Dr. Frank Kunstal: 1990, 16 hours; Dr. Foster Cline: 1992, 16 hours; Dr. Bruce Perry: 1993, 4 hours; Dr. Dan Hughes: 6 hours, 1999; TX Association for Infant Mental Health Conference: 2000, 6 hours; TX I Am Your Child Conference: 2000, 12 hours; Drs. Charles and Paula Zeanah: 2002, 6 hours; ATTACh Conferences 1999-2005; HANDLE® Introductory Course 2003, 12 hours; Dr. Robert C. Guerette, Asperger Syndrome, 2003, 6 hours; HANDLE® Intermediate training: 2004, 40 hours. HANDLE® Advanced training: 2004, 80 hours.

Supervised

EMDR, Level One: 2001, 17 hours; Introduction to Brain Gym: 2002, 24 hours; Corrective Attachment Therapy training with Dr. Terry Levy and Michael Orlans: 2002, 40 hours. HANDLE® Intermediate training practicum: 2004, 24 hours. HANDLE® Advanced Intern practicum: in excess of 1000 hours and still counting.

Treatment References

1. Angel Reach, Inc.
2. Moms R.O.C.K.
3. Trinity Episcopal Church of The Woodlands
4. North Oaks Baptist Church Orphan Ministry
5. Parent, Debbie Zemple
6. Parent, Adrianne Buchanan
7. Caregiver, Jay Wesson
8. Allied Counseling/The Right Step

Consulting/Workshops References

1. Moms R.O.C.K.
2. Angel Reach, Inc.
3. Trinity Episcopal Church of The Woodlands
4. The Family Bonding Center of the Appalachian Region
5. Into Abba's Arms Orphanage
6. Catholic Charities
7. Parent, Debbie Zemple
8. Parent, Adrianne Buchanan
9. Caregiver, Jay Wesson
10. Faith Bible Church Pure Religion
11. Allied Counseling/The Right Step