Jean Beatie

Jean Beatie is a licensed counselor practicing in Missouri and Kansas with 35 years of clinical experience. She has worked with people across the lifespan, serving clients from age two through ninety-nine and drawing on a broad range of settings and roles.

Her career began on an inpatient psychiatric unit. She later worked at a shelter for women who had experienced physical abuse or who were addressing addiction issues, serving as a children’s therapist. Jean currently works as an elementary school counselor and has also provided individual outpatient mental health counseling in various settings.

Jean’s clinical experience includes grief work, anxiety and depression, family and relationship conflicts, life transitions, complex trauma and abuse, physical and sexual abuse, codependency, and issues faced by adult children of alcoholics.

She uses a person-centered, holistic, multicultural, and integrative approach, beginning treatment where each person is and building a plan tailored to individual needs. Jean is attentive to how cultural identities and lifestyle choices shape a person’s experience and integrates evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused counseling.

Her manner is warm and supportive, and she works collaboratively with clients to set concrete goals and develop practical plans to address challenges. Jean does not offer quick fixes; her experience has shown that meaningful change often requires time, and she looks forward to walking alongside clients through that process.