Testimonials

"I loved the safe and comfortable environment. EDCD has a friendly and helpful staff that taught me to accept and learn from life's lessons. I also appreciated the patient camaraderie and processing groups."

- Former Patient

Beth Martin, MSW, LCSW

Beth Martin understands that the journey to recovery is both challenging and rewarding.  In partnership with patients, she facilitates this journey with compassion and connection. She utilizes a relational approach to the healing process, while incorporating mindfulness and acceptance practices, dialectical behavioral skills, and cognitive behavioral skills.  Beth has worked for more than 15 years promoting and protecting women's health and human rights locally and globally.  Her own journey has led to work in a variety of settings, including community mental health, crisis intervention, university women's resources and international humanitarian aid and development. She has experience working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence, as well as individuals struggling with eating disorders, trauma, addiction and mental illness.  Beth received a Master's of Social Work from the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine in 1999 and a Bachelor of Arts in Art, Culture and Society from Eugene Lang College at the New School University in New York, NY in 1992.  She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado and is currently pursing her license in addiction counseling.