John Bethea, MSW, LMSW

John “JD” Bethea is licensed master social worker (LMSW) in Arizona who has been practicing since 2021. He has a master’s degree in social work from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s in psychology from Utah Valley University. JD’s education heavily emphasized myriad forms of psychotherapy from various modalities and situations. JD provides therapy for couples and individual therapy for trauma, relational trauma, complex trauma, anxiety and depression-like symptomatology. He specializes in Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), emotion focused therapy (EFT), and Gottman therapy for couples. He also offers video game/play therapy for children and is clinically informed on perinatal mood disorders. Outside of work, JD enjoys golfing and mountain biking on the weekends. He also enjoys spending time playing video games, writing music, and singing. His best friends are his wife and his cat named “Chicken Nugget”!