About Beverly
Beverly Hodsden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 38 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, and major life changes. Beverly aims to make therapy straightforward and useful so someone can start feeling steadier in day-to-day life.
Her work centers on listening first and then building on each person's strengths. She uses approaches such as client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral methods to address patterns that keep people stuck.
Background and approach
Sessions often include simple tools for managing panic, improving sleep, and reducing worry. Beverly also supports those coping with trauma and relationship difficulties. She brings trauma-focused methods and solution-focused strategies to help people process painful events and set clear, manageable goals.
Communication skills and setting healthy boundaries are common topics in her sessions. She has experience with addiction recovery and with mood disorders, including bipolar disorder and disruptive mood challenges. Motivational interviewing is used to help people weigh change and commit to steps that fit their life.
Beverly pays attention to cultural background and individual identity when framing treatment plans. Therapy with Beverly emphasizes real-world changes: better coping skills, clearer choices, and more consistent emotional balance. People who meet with her can expect respectful conversation, practical suggestions, and guided steps toward the goals they name.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy starts with listening to what matters most to the individual and helping them set goals that match their values. This approach focuses on building a trusting relationship and supporting people as they find their own solutions to anxiety, stress, and relationship challenges.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety, panic, and mood problems. It uses clear exercises and homework to change unhelpful patterns and improve sleep, worry, and daily functioning.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about change, such as in addiction recovery or making lifestyle shifts. It uses guided conversation to clarify readiness and strengthen commitment to practical steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Beverly collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they test what helps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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