About Bethaney
Bethaney Long is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Kentucky. She brings seven years of clinical experience to her work helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. Bethaney writes simply and directly, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable and practical.
Bethaney focuses on clear goals and everyday skills. She helps clients learn strategies to cope with panic, phobias, mood swings, and social anxiety.
How Bethaney works
She also supports people processing past sexual assault or abuse, post-traumatic stress, and the strong emotions that follow loss or separation. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions center on identifying strengths, building coping tools, and practicing changes that fit daily life.
Bethaney emphasizes direct conversation and straightforward techniques rather than jargon-filled explanations. She has a background across a range of settings and a history of helping people with communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. Bethaney is familiar with working around disruptive mood dysregulation concerns and mood disorders, and she addresses issues like abandonment, forgiveness, and life purpose.
Therapy with Bethaney typically uses practical steps and measurable progress. She supports parents with school-related stress or behavioral concerns and assists adults coping with divorce and separation. Her goal is to help people feel stronger, more capable, and better able to handle daily demands.
What Bethaney works with
The areas below are the ones Bethaney selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Bethaney uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and skill-building. One common approach is cognitive behavioral methods, which help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, and depressive patterns. Another approach she draws on emphasizes trauma-focused strategies to help process painful experiences and reduce post-traumatic stress symptoms.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist and client work together to pick approaches that match the person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and they adjust the plan as progress is made. Bethaney encourages open conversation about what feels helpful and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people engage in conversation that feels most like an in-person session. Phone sessions can be a good option when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins, immediate reflection, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to stay connected when in-person visits are not practical.
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