About Betina
Betina Bolin is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of professional experience. She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on practical changes rather than jargon.
She leans on a client-centered approach that starts by listening to each person’s story. Sessions aim to build self-direction and confidence. Betina helps clients spot patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior so they can make different choices.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a key part of her work. She uses it to challenge unhelpful thoughts and to practice new behaviors that improve mood and daily functioning. Mindfulness techniques are often added to help people manage stress and stay present.
She also draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, when trauma memories are in the way of recovery. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or uncertain about making changes. Betina understands that therapy must match each person’s needs.
She talks through goals, adjusts methods, and focuses on steps clients can use in everyday life. Her aim is to help people regain control, reduce distress, and move toward clearer, achievable goals. Betina practices in Missouri as an LCSW and offers sessions in English.
She works with adults facing a wide range of life challenges and uses practical tools to support steady progress.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person’s perspective and building a collaborative relationship. Online sessions let the therapist listen carefully and help clients set goals that matter day to day.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It fits well into video or phone sessions because clients can learn exercises, practice new thinking, and use homework between meetings.
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, can be used when past trauma interferes with current life. Parts of EMDR work can be carried out in online sessions with the therapist guiding pacing and techniques.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit the problem, and adjust over time if something isn’t helping. Collaboration helps find the best mix of tools for each person.
Online formats offer real practical benefits. Video calls let people meet face to face without travel. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a quick break. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other demands.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas, Missouri, Arizona, California
- Languages
- English
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