Beckett was born and raised in Texas. As a child, he was immersed in theater, dance, music, and visual art. He holds a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy from Antioch University (2018). Beckett’s personal experiences with, and observations of, the transformative and healing possibilities of expressive arts continues to inspire his therapeutic practice.

As a transgender man and member of a Native American tribe (Mvskoke Nation), Beckett is sensitive to the historical and present-day biases within mental and medical healthcare. As such, Beckett strives to be transparent with clients; his therapeutic style is not that of an authoritarian delivering orders, but that of a collaborator and educator, who assists clients in exploring their emotions, examining patterns of behavior, and understanding why coping skills do what they do. Beckett takes a client-centered approach – that each client is unique and has the capacity for growth and change –  informed by Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, and principles of harm-reduction. Beckett respects the trust and vulnerability demonstrated every time a person makes the decision to step into a therapy setting, whether it’s the first appointment or the fiftieth.

Beckett lives with his partner, one cat, one newt, two snakes, and an unknown number of houseplants. In his free time, Beckett makes paintings, weavings, and comic books, and is learning to use a sewing machine.