Jodi Bean

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In 2010, I decided to return to college to finish my undergraduate degree in Speech Communication from Utah Valley University. I went on to receive my Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Westminster College in 2015. 

In my practice, I see mostly children and adolescents where much of my work is focused on foster care and post adoption. 

I also hold a post graduate certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy program from the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute. 

Long before I decided to return to college, I educated myself on understanding attachment especially in the context of how it is impacted by early childhood trauma. 

During that time I presented at adoption conferences, offered parenting classes, and ran a support group for many years for parents raising children that had early trauma, and disruptions. 

I also wrote a book, Love Lessons, about my own experience raising a daughter whom we adopted from Belarus in 2004. I have shared my experiences in both national and local media.