Kathryn Lewis, LCSW

Kate Lewis, LCSW, is the Director of Behavioral Health at Arnot Health in Elmira, NY, charged with overseeing behavioral health services for this health system and identifying strategies to improve access to behavioral health services in this region. Prior to this position, Kate served as the Associate Executive Director at Clarity Wellness Community, located in Wellsville, NY; an agency that provides behavioral health services to residents of Allegany County. Since 2012, Kate’s work with Clarity has been focused on clinical supervision, program development, service/system delivery change, and implementation of evidenced based treatment models into clinical services. Kate graduated from the University of Buffalo in 2007 with a master’s degree in social work. Her lifelong roots in Allegany County have inspired her commitment to improving the quality and accessibility of services to rurally located populations that are often underserved; in addition to educating the community about the concept of recovery vs. traditional mental health treatment models