JONATHAN R. BEARD LICSW,
CPRP
Jonathan R. Beard holds a Master of Science in
Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Arlington with dual
concentrations in mental health and administration and planning. He
is a Washington State Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and
also holds the credential of Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
as issued by the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
In Mr. Beard’s 25 year career, he has worked
in a number of states in nonprofit and public sector settings that provide
services to/for/with adults with serious mental illness and other co-occurring
disorders as a direct services provider and as a supervisor, manager
and senior executive. These include outpatient, case management, psychiatric
rehabilitation, advocacy, supported housing, supported employment, and
supported education. He is particularly interested in psychiatric rehabilitation,
recovery focused/consumer driven services, consumer rights, ethics,
and supervision and management in nonprofit and public sector human
service agencies.
Mr. Beard currently is a mental health practitioner
with the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of
Washington in Seattle where he provides services as part of an NIMH
funded, national research study examining the efficacy of Dialectical
Behavior Therapy in the treatment of para-suicidal women diagnosed with
Borderline Personality Disorder.
He also operates his own business, Progressive
Strategies, providing a variety of consulting, training and program
and/or organizational development services to public and nonprofit human
service providers and organizations.