Beth Guffey, M.S.

Clinical Areas of Expertise:

Community-based clinical mental health counseling, specializing in populations with severe and persistent mental health diagnoses. Clinical mental health counseling in higher education. Trauma-focused psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. Community mental health high-fidelity program management, specializing in treatment for first episode psychosis. Crisis management. Clinical supervision.

Research Interests:

Trauma-focused psychotherapy and trauma-informed care. Treatment protocols for PTSD. Developmental psychology across the lifespan. High-fidelity programming in community mental health settings. Treatment of first-episode psychosis. Clinical mental health counseling in higher education. Crisis management and suicide prevention. Clinical supervision.

M.S. Clinical Psychology, The University of Texas at Tyler, 2010
B.A. Psychology, The University of Texas at Tyler, 2007
Licensed Professional Counselor

History and Systems of Psychology

I am passionate about education and clinical work in psychology. As a clinician, I have primarily worked in community mental health settings with underserved priority populations with severe and persistent mental health diagnoses. I have advanced training in trauma-focused psychotherapy and the treatment of first episode psychosis. I began working as an adjunct instructor in 2012 and have since taught at Universities in Texas and in Pennsylvania. As an instructor, my primary goal is to engage my students in the process of learning, weaving past clinical experience and real-world examples into my lectures and allowing students to become active participants in their education. I am excited to be a part of the Messiah University community!