About Beverley
Dr. Beverley Taylor is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee with 25 years of experience. She greets people with a calm, practical approach and focuses on helping them reduce stress and manage anxiety.
She encourages clear goals and step-by-step plans so progress feels real and measurable. Her background includes time as a classroom teacher, a professional school counselor, and university instructor. She has also maintained a independent practice for several years.
Background and approach
That mix of roles shaped a practical style that blends teaching, coaching, and direct therapy. Therapy sessions emphasize setting realistic goals and developing concrete action steps. She draws on client-centered work to follow each person's pace, and uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking.
For relationship concerns she incorporates elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and problem solving. Dr. Taylor addresses a wide range of concerns including anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, parenting and life transitions.
She also notes experience with more specific areas such as obsessive-compulsive patterns, bipolar concerns, first responder and veteran issues, immigration and multicultural matters, and intimacy-related problems. Her counseling style is straightforward and collaborative. She invites people to set goals together and to try practical tools between sessions.
Small adjustments over time are the usual route to lasting change.
How therapy approaches shape online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. The therapist offers support, empathy, and gentle guidance while clients decide on goals and pace. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and steady support while they sort things out.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. Sessions include practical exercises to test new ways of thinking and small behavioral steps to reduce anxiety or break unhelpful patterns. CBT works well for stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and many day-to-day challenges.
The Gottman Method concentrates on improving communication and problem solving in relationships. It uses clear skills and exercises to reduce conflict and build connection, which can help with recurring relationship challenges and intimacy concerns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose techniques that match their goals, personality, and the issues they bring. That decision is revisited as progress unfolds so the plan stays useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction; phone is useful when bandwidth is limited; chat and messaging offer brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family routines while keeping consistent therapeutic momentum.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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