Beth Williams
LCSW
Compassionate therapy for life’s difficult transitions
- Trauma-informed care
- Skill focused
- Client-centered
About Beth
She favors therapies that focus on the person and their strengths. Sessions often include clear tools for managing emotions, improving communication, and handling triggers from past trauma. Beth works with people who are dealing with addictions, compassion fatigue, body image concerns, caregiving stress, and other complex challenges.
Her style blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness. That means sessions move between listening, practical skill-building, and mindfulness practices aimed at helping clients feel steadier day to day. Homework and real-world practice are used when helpful.
Beth has helped people facing adoption and foster care issues, blended family adjustments, chronic illness and pain, and transitions such as divorce or career change. She also supports those confronting abandonment, codependency, or commitment worries.
Clients can expect a collaborative approach that focuses on workable steps. Beth guides people to notice patterns, try new responses, and build skills that fit their life. To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy flow and follow the matching and scheduling steps.
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and reducing the impact of past traumatic events. It helps people learn how trauma affects their day to day and practices ways to feel less overwhelmed by memories or triggers.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and helping people find their own goals. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps clients make choices that fit their values.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build different habits that reduce anxiety and depression.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and try methods that seem most useful. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to use and adjust them as progress is made.
Session options are not listed here, so confirm current formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It can also support consistent work on skills like mindfulness and DBT techniques between sessions.
These summaries are based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp. Listing trauma-focused therapy does not mean a therapist holds a specific certification such as TF-CBT, EMDR or CPT.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Florida, Utah, Illinois, California
Languages
English
Licenses listed
- LCSW, FloridaSW11614
- LCSW, Utah13026897-3501
- LCSW, Illinois149027334
- LCSW, California123602
- NPI1689003725
As listed on the therapist's profile. You can check a license with the state licensing board and an NPI in the national registry.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Beth address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting and career concerns among other challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT and DBT plus mindfulness. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working with people facing trauma recovery, life transitions, and chronic stress.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, listed as IL LCSW and FL LCSW, and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Therapists on BetterHelp do not prescribe medication; a doctor can talk with you about medical options. This directory is not a crisis service. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988.