About Betty
Betty Burns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 19 years of experience to her practice. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by listening carefully and building practical steps forward. Betty works with adults on issues like anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and ADHD.
Clients can expect straightforward conversations in sessions. Betty adapts talk and activities to each person's goals. She aims to make plans that fit daily life so small changes add up.
Background and approach
Her background includes independent practice and online work over nearly two decades. That experience has shaped a calm, steady style for handling trauma, relationship strain, and life transitions. She also supports people facing workplace stress, caregiver burnout, and challenges tied to family of origin.
Betty uses methods that focus on relationships, on how thoughts affect feelings, and on healing from trauma. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while keeping conversations practical and goal oriented. Sessions move at a pace each person finds manageable.
When someone reaches out they’ll complete a brief matching step and then schedule a time to meet. Betty works with each person to design a plan that fits their needs, whether the work centers on coping skills, deeper healing, or life direction.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how relationships shape current feelings and reactions. In online sessions this might mean talking through patterns that repeat in close relationships and practicing different ways to connect or set boundaries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It often includes short, practical exercises and thought tracking that a person can use between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and then try methods that match those goals and preferences. This means plans can change over time as needs and progress become clearer.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility to work on relationship patterns, thought habits, trauma recovery, or daily coping in ways that fit routine and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- ADHD
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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