About Bethany
Bethany Chime is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor with 10 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, and depression. Bethany emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a calm approach to help people begin healing.
She shapes conversations and plans around what each person needs. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals. Bethany uses methods that help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of coping.
How Bethany works
Her background includes work with attention differences, addiction concerns, grief, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and the fallout of separation or divorce. First responder issues and mood disorders are also in her experience.
When trauma is part of the story, Bethany brings trauma-focused techniques and approaches designed to reduce distress and make daily life easier. She also addresses anger, self-esteem, impulsivity, and problems with communication. The goal is to help people feel more steady and in control.
Bethany aims for a straightforward, collaborative style. She helps clients set realistic steps, notice progress, and adjust the plan as needed. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she focuses on making that step feel understandable and manageable.
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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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches for online healing and trauma care
Bethany uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's priorities and pace. This approach centers on listening and responding to what matters most, helping people feel heard while they set practical goals.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT helps people learn small experiments and new skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and handle relationship patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Bethany will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then suggest methods to try. That plan can change as progress is made and needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a way to share feelings without being on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting real life.
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