About Bethany
Bethany Eakle is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and major life changes. She writes plainly and listens carefully, meeting each person where they are and focusing on practical next steps. Bethany brings 17 years of experience to sessions and centers care on strengths and realistic goals.
Her approach mixes client-centered support with focused strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. She often uses solution-focused work to define clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Dialectical skills are added when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Bethany earned a Bachelor’s degree in 2003 and a Master’s in Social Work in 2007. She holds the LCSW credential, and she practices from Texas while working with clients in English, including some international clients.
In sessions she helps people map concrete steps, practice new coping skills, and reframe unhelpful thoughts. She also provides space for people who need ongoing emotional support and someone to listen when life feels overwhelming. Typical concerns she addresses include trauma and abuse, self-esteem, relationship and family problems, grief, parenting stress, anger, career strain, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She also offers support around aging and caregiver strain, blended family issues, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and related life transitions. Her style is collaborative and flexible. Bethany works with each person to set reachable goals and build a plan that fits their life and priorities.
How Bethany’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and priorities and places emphasis on listening and support. It helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through feelings and make decisions about next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thought patterns and tests new ways of thinking and behaving. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when people want concrete tools to reduce symptoms and change daily habits.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance. This can help when emotional reactions feel overwhelming or lead to conflict in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Bethany collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She will try practical techniques first and adjust plans together based on what helps.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and routines. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing skill practice between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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