Beth Agostino-Evans, MSW, LICSW

She/her

Clinical Director

“I’m drawn to sessions where emotions are running high. In my life, I like calm, but in my work I’m drawn to the painful edge, where the energy is in the room, and we have a chance to change things. When families are discussing divorce, especially when there are children, I feel especially passionate about being there to support that process.”

Beth works where the couple and the family meet. Many couples who come to her aren’t only struggling with each other. They’re also struggling as parents: a child who’s anxious or refusing school, a teenager in crisis, an adoption, a blended family, or a separation that has to protect the kids. Beth helps partners see how their relationship and their children’s struggles feed each other, and then builds a clear plan for what to do next.

From her earliest years, Beth wanted two things: to build a family through adoption, and to work with people in crisis. Her career has centered on families under pressure, including chronic illness, death and dying, foster care and adoption, and LGBTQ+ families. She is also trained in trauma treatment for children and teens, including EMDR, TF-CBT, and play therapy. Couples who work with her get a clinician who understands both sides of the family system: what’s happening between them and what’s happening with their child.

For couples who are separating, Beth combines emotional support with the practical work of building a parenting plan both partners can live with.

Services Offered: Ongoing couples therapy, private couples retreats, co-parenting and separation support, and parent coaching. Beth meets in person at our Northampton center and online with clients across Massachusetts and internationally.

Ask me about: My love for the ocean and my appreciation for the simple things in life.

Ever since I was young, I’ve been: Passionate about empowering others, especially people who have faced multiple injustices and hurts.

Favorite quote: “Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.” — Eckhart Tolle

Favorite kind of couples: Couples who are willing to step out of their comfort zones, because that’s where the real work happens. Couples who can put it all out there and stay open to the idea that the truth lies somewhere between them.

Credentials

MSW in Clinical Social Work – Boston University
Certified Life Coach – IPEC School Coaching
Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level I and II
Pragmatic Experiential Couples Therapy – trained by Brent Atkinson
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) – [Basic Training / EMDRIA Certified]
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) – [Trained / Certified]
Additional training in: Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
PACT Level I in Training