Betman earned his PhD in clinical psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed a post-doctoral program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. He continued on staff at McLean Hospital, then was a staff psychologist at Dean Medical Center in Madison, WI. Betman has more than 20 years of experience providing mental health services and is currently publishing a book aimed at middle school readers.
He works as one of two part-time psychologists on campus and also has a private practice in Farmington Hills, MI.