Bethany Chime

Bethany Chime is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and depression. Bethany focuses on meeting each person where they are and treats everyone with respect and compassion.

Her style is practical and conversational. She tailors sessions and any treatment plan to the needs of the person in front of her. In sessions she listens, asks questions to clarify what matters most, and helps clients set small, manageable goals.

Bethany uses approaches that match the concern at hand, including Trauma-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. She blends these methods to address symptoms, coping skills, and the effects of past events, rather than promising a single fixed path.

People come to Bethany for a wide range of issues beyond mood concerns, including parenting strain, grief, addiction-related struggles, and relationship communication problems. She also offers support for adoption and foster care matters, blended family challenges, first responder issues, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.

Her practice emphasizes collaboration. She helps people identify what they want to change, then works alongside them to try different strategies and adjust the plan as needed. If you decide to start, she encourages taking the next step when you feel ready.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to help people process the impact of upsetting events and reduce symptoms that linger from those experiences. It focuses on understanding how past events affect current feelings and behavior and on building coping skills to manage those reactions.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own perspective and goals. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what the person says, and helps them find their own solutions and strengths.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and together they will try methods that feel like the best fit. Plans can change over time if something isn’t working, and adjustments are part of the collaboration.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Ask about options so you can choose what fits your life and schedule. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet from wherever they are located within the therapist’s service area. Licensed professionals can suggest practical ways to make online sessions productive, such as planning goals for each meeting and using exercises between sessions.