About Tricia
Tricia Betters-Black is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people through addiction, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports issues around eating, body image, parenting stress, and self-esteem. Tricia works with people across the LGBT community and addresses process addictions and substance use challenges.
Her style is warm, interactive, and compassionate. She listens closely and gives clear feedback so people can talk through what matters to them.
How Tricia works
Tricia aims to meet each person where they are and treat them with dignity and respect. Tricia adapts her approach to fit the person in front of her. She commonly uses client-centered work that focuses on the person's goals, cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change.
Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are also part of her toolkit. She has worked in settings that involved grief counseling, hospice and end-of-life support, and caregiver stress, so she is familiar with tough transitions and complex emotional needs. Her background includes many years addressing drug and alcohol addiction and hoarding concerns.
People who come to Tricia usually want practical steps they can use between sessions and a therapist who listens without judgment. Her long experience means she can offer different approaches until a good fit emerges.
Tricia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Tricia works with
The areas below are the ones Tricia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Tricia’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience, letting the therapist follow the client's lead to build trust and clarity. This approach helps with issues like relationship concerns, identity questions, and emotional processing.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and eating-related concerns to produce small, manageable changes between sessions.
Mindfulness therapy brings simple awareness practices into daily life to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. It can be helpful for anxiety, cravings, and coping with grief.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tricia will talk about options, try techniques that fit the person's goals, and adjust methods as progress is made. The process is collaborative and focused on what helps most in everyday life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet - video calls for face-to-face conversations, phone sessions when a camera is not needed, live chat for quick check-ins, and text messaging for short updates or tools between meetings. These formats make it easier to keep consistent care, fit sessions into a busy schedule, and use the communication style that feels best.
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