Kristen Beall has over 19 years of experience in the behavioral health field. She began her career with the University of Maryland’s Methadone Treatment Program working as lead counselor and a patient advocate to increase awareness and reduce stigma of methadone treatment. Kristen was also employed at Johns Hopkins University as a Health Behavior Specialist and at Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc. as a Mental Health Counselor where she worked alongside a Registered Nurse performing crisis interventions and assessments in Baltimore City.
Currently Kristen works as the Clinical Manager at the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling. In this role she assists providers integrating gambling screening into their clinical practice, supports the five Certified Peer Recovery Specialists in their work with persons that are impacted by harms related to gambling, and provides clinical trainings.
Kristen earned her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s School of Social Work and maintains a LCSW-C with the Board of Social Work Examiners, an ICGC-I with the International Gambling Counselor Certification Board, as well as a CAC-AD with the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists.
