About Bethany
Bethany Virgilio is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 20 years of experience. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental style and aims to make conversations straightforward and practical. Bethany focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship and intimacy concerns.
She uses simple tools to help people feel less overwhelmed. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to build moment-to-moment coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding.
How Bethany works
Bethany also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take steps toward a meaningful life. Attachment-Based ideas inform her work around relationship patterns and intimacy concerns. Sessions are client-centered, so the person's goals shape the pace and focus.
Her background includes two decades in mental health and work with issues like trauma, grief, addiction, and compassion fatigue. Bethany has particular experience with caregiver stress, blended family issues, fertility and end-of-life concerns, and first responder stress. People can expect clear, short-term goals alongside space for deeper reflection.
Bethany aims to make planning feel doable and to help people practice skills between sessions. She works in English and is licensed as an RI LICSW in Rhode Island.
Bethany lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Bethany works with
The areas below are the ones Bethany selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Rhode Island |
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Online support options
Approaches used in online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people get clear about what matters and take small actions that match their values. It can be useful for issues like anxiety, life changes, and low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices that help with stress, panic, and emotional reactivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Bethany will help you choose or combine methods based on your goals, comfort level, and what you want to change. Treatment plans are adjusted over time so techniques match progress and shifting needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for longer talk sessions and working through exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support quick updates, homework check-ins, or ongoing encouragement between sessions.
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