About Bethany
Bethany Waite is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 12 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, mood shifts, or the daily strain of life. Bethany speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.
Her work centers on practical tools and steady support. She uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and solution-focused work help clients build short-term coping skills and clearer goals. Clients often bring concerns such as relationship strain, issues related to gender or sexual identity, grief around life changes, or struggles with alcohol and drugs. She also addresses ADHD, panic, anger, low self-esteem, and burnout from caregiving or demanding jobs.
Sessions aim to clarify what’s most pressing and what can change first. Bethany favors a collaborative style. She listens first, then suggests strategies that fit each person’s life and values.
Therapy can include skill practice, problem-solving, and checking what’s working as goals shift. She practices in New York and offers English-language sessions for local and international clients. Work is focused on helping individuals find clearer direction, steadier mood, and tools they can use between meetings.
How Bethany’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that align with their values. This approach can help with anxiety, low motivation, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve functioning. It is useful for anxiety, panic, mood problems, and day-to-day coping.Bethany treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk through goals, try techniques together, and adjust methods based on what fits the client's needs and preferences. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan can shift as progress is made.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video lets you use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging can support quick skill practice, brief coaching, or ongoing written check-ins between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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