About Betsy
Betsy Oquendo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people struggling with anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, and depression. She supports those facing career uncertainty and life changes, and she addresses social anxiety and mood concerns with plain, practical guidance. Betsy focuses on short, clear goals.
She listens and helps clients name what feels hardest. Then she works with them to try small changes that can relieve pressure and build confidence over time.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be down-to-earth and easy to follow. She uses client-centered conversations to understand each person's priorities and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps her guide clients to notice thoughts and try different behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, supplies skills for emotional regulation and coping when feelings feel intense. Betsy also addresses issues like codependency, communication problems, guilt and shame, forgiveness, life purpose, and women's issues. She pays attention to multicultural concerns and how background shapes coping and goals.
Her style is collaborative and respectful of each persons experience. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Betsy draws on five years of clinical experience to help clients find workable tools.
She supports steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she adjusts plans as needs change.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It uses listening and open questions to help clients clarify values, goals, and what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tries practical behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving tolerance for distress, and building healthier routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Betsy collaborates with clients to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. That means clients try tools in real life and bring back what worked and what didnt so the therapist can refine the approach.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy days. Video calls are useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options give flexibility for different rhythms and needs while keeping the focus on steady progress.
Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Can international clients work with her?
What session formats are available for online work?
How does cost and starting therapy work?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.