About Betina
Betina Bolin is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar challenges, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, anger, career changes, and coping with life transitions.
Her style is straightforward and centered on the person in front of her. She uses a client-centered approach that starts with listening and understanding each person's viewpoint.
How Betina works
That guiding stance is mixed with practical tools so sessions focus on what matters right now for the individual. Cognitive behavioral methods are a core part of her work. She helps clients notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of thinking and behaving.
That often leads to clearer choices and steps people can take between sessions. She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to build awareness and strengthen motivation for change. For people with trauma histories, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is one of the approaches she uses alongside other techniques when appropriate.
Betina practices in Missouri and holds the LCSW credential. She works with a wide range of life issues including aging and geriatric concerns, autism spectrum considerations, chronic illness and disability, eating and body image problems, hospice and end-of-life matters, immigration issues, and intellectual disability. Sessions are conducted in English and can be arranged online or by phone.
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What Betina works with
The areas below are the ones Betina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping the client set the pace. Online sessions using this approach let people speak about what matters most and guide the work around their priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In remote sessions this looks like identifying patterns together, setting small practice tasks, and reviewing progress between appointments.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used for processing traumatic memories. When appropriate, EMDR protocols can be adapted for video sessions and discussed in a stepwise way before any processing begins.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face interaction, phone is a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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