About Betty
Betty Gannon is a licensed clinical social worker based in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, bipolar mood shifts, and depression. She also supports those facing major life changes and moments of low motivation. Her approach is caring and pragmatic, aimed at small steps that bring relief and clearer choices.
Betty draws on four years of clinical experience that began in social work roles such as case management and inpatient care.
Background and approach
That background shaped her focus on practical skills and steady emotional support. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and strengths-based ideas to guide sessions. In conversation she emphasizes clear goals and simple strategies.
Sessions often include skill building for coping with panic, mood swings, and overwhelming stress. She works with people on issues like guilt, shame, isolation, and problems with communication. Betty adapts the pace and style of sessions to each person.
She sets collaborative goals and checks progress regularly. People can expect direct, respectful feedback combined with encouragement to try small experiments between meetings. Her work also addresses seasonal mood shifts, self-harm concerns, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
Betty aims to make therapy useful and manageable, with language that feels plain and focused on what to do next.
How DBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling strong emotions, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving relationships. It often uses short exercises and practice between sessions to build steady coping skills. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying practical goals and small changes that move a person toward what they want, using brief, focused conversations to track progress.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to the person's goals and challenges, then recommend either skill-focused DBT, goal-oriented Solution-Focused work, or a mix. Decisions are made collaboratively and can be adjusted as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by phone, video calls, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video works well for in-depth conversation and skills practice, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can support quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try methods that match what feels most useful.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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