Bayside Therapy Associates, LLC. » Betty Kellow Betty Kellow, MSW Bayside Therapy Associates 12 Bellwether Way, Ste. 220 Bellingham, WA 98225 Phone: (360) 734-7310 ext. 3144 FAX: (360) 647-8336 Professional and Educational Background Betty Kellow is a Clinical Social Worker and was educated at the University of Oregon and Portland State University, receiving her MSW in 1988. She received a statewide Human Service Award as “Outstanding Practitioner” from the U.O. in 1988 for her work establishing a support and education program for teenaged parents. Betty worked as a therapist for seven years in a chemical dependency treatment program in Eugene, Oregon and has extensive experience in addictions, co-dependency, and recovery issues. She has worked with adolescents through the Juvenile court system, and in her own practice has worked with women, couples, young children in play therapy, and senior women’s therapy groups. Betty has post-graduate training in PTSD, sexual abuse recovery, grief, Jungian psychology, marital counseling, play therapy, family therapy, cognitive therapy, depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. She has supervised staff and graduate students, coordinated an A&D intern training program, and mentored colleagues. In addition to extensive experience teaching classes and facilitating parent support groups, Betty has trained parent educators and consulted on parenting programs in Romania and Uganda. She recently spent six months volunteering in a children’s center in Kenya. As a therapist, Betty presents in a very warm, compassionate manner in helping her clients explore their issues and find their own best solutions. Through empowering them to recognize and utilize their own strengths and personal resources, she assists clients to greater self-understanding, healing, and healthier life patterns. Recognizing the systemic and often unconscious dynamics of relationships, she helps clients improve their communication and the quality of their most significant relationships. Areas of Specialization Women’s Issues Marriage and Family Therapy Life transitions, including menopause Grief and Loss Adolescent Issues Childhood trauma/ abuse Addictions and co-dependency Depression Parenting Anxiety Personal Information An Alaskan by birth, Betty is pleased to be back near the water after many years in Eugene, Oregon. She anticipates exploring the area and hiking, skiing, and camping with Don and their adult children and small grandchildren. An avid world traveler, Betty appreciates both the external physical world of cultures and landscape and the inner world of spirit and imagination.