About Betty
Betty Burns connects with people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by life. She offers steady support for those facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, grief, and parenting stress. Betty speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can use each week.
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 19 years of experience in independent practice and online work. Betty draws on approaches that help people understand their close relationships, process trauma, and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Betty works
Sessions are tailored to what each person needs that week. In sessions she listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals. Conversations might include looking at patterns from family of origin, identifying coping skills, or working through painful memories at a pace the client can manage.
She also addresses issues like blended family stress, caregiver burnout, codependency, and workplace strain. Betty supports people wrestling with identity, life-purpose questions, or career transitions. She also works with those dealing with bipolar disorder, ADHD, eating and substance concerns, and intimacy-related problems.
Her style is respectful and direct, with an emphasis on usable tools rather than long theory discussions. Her practice is based in Tennessee and she conducts work in English. Betty’s aim is to encourage steady progress so clients can move toward more satisfying and manageable daily life.
Betty lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Betty works with
The areas below are the ones Betty selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- ADHD
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Betty uses Attachment-Based ideas to help people understand how early relationships still shape current trust and closeness. This work often looks at patterns in relationships and helps people try different ways of connecting. She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process painful memories safely and at a pace they can handle; that approach focuses on reducing the hold those memories have on day-to-day life.Finding the best approach is part of the therapy process. Betty works collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan over time, checking in about what is helping and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to keep making progress. Video calls let people read facial cues and have deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or a camera is not desired. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or fit short conversations into a busy day. These options help people continue steady work toward clearer thinking, calmer reactions, and better relationships.
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