Ann Beatty is a clinical psychologist with a wide-ranging practice and a heart for healing.
“My passion lies in working with clients who have been victimized, as I enjoy the healing process,” says Beatty, who practices at Touchstone Counseling LLC and Touchstone Helping Families in Ozark. “There is nothing I enjoy more than watching another heal, grow and succeed.”
With more than 25 years in the field, Beatty counsels people of all ages working through sexual abuse, domestic violence, phobias, health problems, and grief and loss. In addition to her licensure, Beatty has credentials as a certified mediator and a parent coordinator, a reflection of her work in family reunification and high-conflict child-custody cases. She has extensive training in extended forensic evaluation of children who have been sexually abused, and she often is called on to testify.
“As an expert witness in four counties’ courtrooms, I enjoy educating attorneys, case workers and judges on specifics regarding sexual abuse of a child, the adverse effects divorce can have on a child, parental alienation syndrome and effective parenting,” Beatty says. “I have worked with thousands of families throughout the years and believe that I have made a positive impact on their lives.”
Cindy Baker heartily agrees. The owner of Touchstone Counseling and Touchstone Helping Families says Beatty brought outstanding clinical expertise, character and integrity when she joined the counseling team in 2006.
“Most clinical psychologists embrace a specialty such as psychological testing, teaching or (as) evaluators for the court,” Baker says. “Dr. Beatty does all of the above and still sees 10 clients a day. Her greatest strength is her fluid and flexible approach to serving others. She has the capacity to adapt and adjust her approach to meet the age, demeanor and needs of each client.”
Beatty encourages ongoing collaboration between all parties working on behalf of a child and stays current on new trends in adolescent behaviors in order to provide the most effective care.
“I am mindful of managing my sessions in such a way that I graduate my clients when I feel they are able to leave counseling and use the tools that I have given them,” she says.
Beatty’s influence extends outside the walls of her office. She is a founding board member of the nonprofit H.A.Y. Foundation that teaches children proper horsemanship, an experience that also can be therapeutic.
And as a founding member of the multidisciplinary board of the Child Advocacy Center, Beatty helped develop the best-practice model used today.
She also has worked with the Christian County Domestic Violence Task Force.
“I believe I do play a very important role as a health care professional in the Ozarks,” Beatty says. “My professional motivation comes from my drive to help individuals of all ages, gender and ethnicity who are in pain, suffering emotionally and are targets of abuse. The process of empowering these individuals from a victim mentality to one of courage, strength and renewal is such a personal rush.”[[In-content Ad]]
