Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- ADHD
How Betty works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Betty
Betty Burns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and rebuild connection. She offers calm, direct support for relationship struggles, anger, anxiety, depression, and stress. Her approach is practical and people-focused, and she aims to help clients find more purpose in daily life.
She has 19 years of experience working in independent practice and online. That background includes supporting people after childhood abuse and other trauma, and helping with addictions and mood concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following a single template. Betty blends Attachment-Based ideas with Client-Centered care to help people explore how past relationships affect current patterns. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
When trauma is central, she draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy principles to address painful memories safely. In meetings she listens first, then offers clear steps clients can try between sessions. She supports parents facing the strain of caregiving and people navigating major life changes or grief.
Practical tools, role play, and short behavioral experiments are common parts of her work. Betty practices in Tennessee and works online as well. Conversations are respectful and paced to each person's comfort.
She encourages anyone ready to take a step toward change to reach out and begin the matching process.
What Betty works with
Everything Betty lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Betty's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Betty lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and online care that fits your life
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect now. It helps when trust, closeness, or repeating patterns cause conflict or distance in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and pace; the therapist follows what matters most to the client and offers empathy, reflection, and practical guidance.Choosing the best approach is collaborative. Betty will work with each person to decide which methods to try first based on their goals and situation. That may mean mixing Attachment ideas with cognitive strategies or shifting the focus if trauma needs more attention.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice new behaviors in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility for scheduling, quicker follow-up check-ins, and ways to stay connected without traveling to appointments.
Questions people ask about Betty
What concerns does Betty address?
She helps people with relationship problems, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, ADHD, grief, parenting strains, workplace stress, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens closely, then offers clear steps, coping skills, and small experiments clients can try between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
Betty has 19 years of clinical experience working in independent practice and online with individuals and couples.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.