Bethany Raab, MSW, LCSW, ACS

Bethany Raab is a licensed clinical social worker, clinical supervisor, and educator with over 20 years of experience in social work practice. She is the Founder and CEO of Petal & Peak Mental Health and the Center for Ethical Social Work Practice (CESWP). Bethany provides therapy and clinical supervision to social workers in Colorado and Montana, and offers training and consultation to clinicians and organizations nationwide.

Bethany’s work focuses on clinical supervision, leadership development, ethics, and sustainability in social work. She is particularly known for her emphasis on supervision as a relational and developmental process, rather than a compliance-driven one. Through her Clinical Supervision Training Program, she has supported dozens of social workers in strengthening supervisory skills, navigating complex ethical responsibilities, and preparing for credentials such as the Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Bethany is particularly known for her emphasis on supervision as a relational and developmental process, rather than a compliance-driven one. You can read more about her approach to clinical supervision here.

Her professional focus is deeply shaped by lived experience. Early in her career, Bethany encountered supervision that was misaligned, discouraging, and at times harmful. Those experiences, alongside later formative supervisory relationships, inform her commitment to supervision that is culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and grounded in accountability with care.

Bethany actively practices as a clinician through Petal & Peak Mental Health, where she provides therapy to adolescents and adults alongside her supervision and training work. Her clinical expertise includes anxiety, stress and burnout, family systems, adolescent mental health, sexual health, and suicide risk assessment and intervention.

Bethany is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in Colorado and Montana, and holds the Approved Clinical Supervisor credential through the Center for Credentialing & Education. She has served in multiple leadership roles within the Colorado social work community, including Board President of the Colorado Society for Clinical Social Work, and remains actively engaged in professional advocacy and mentorship.

Across all of her work, Bethany is committed to strengthening the profession of social work through ethical leadership, reflective supervision, and practices that support both clinician wellbeing and high-quality client care. If you’re exploring supervision, you can learn more about how she works here.

The finer details:

• Master of Social Work, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work
• Bachelor of Social Work, B.A. in Criminal Justice, University of Sioux Falls
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Colorado
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Montana
• Approved Clinical Supervisor, Center for Credentialing & Education