About Beverly
Beverly Knighten is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience. She practices from Arkansas and brings a calm, respectful presence to conversations about stress and anxiety. Beverly focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier in daily life.
Her background spans many settings over 20 years, including work with people who faced trauma, emotional abuse, depression, addiction, and bipolar challenges. She has helped people navigate relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, anger, career shifts, and coming to terms with life changes.
Background and approach
Beverly uses an interactive, compassionate style. Sessions combine listening with hands-on strategies and problem-solving. She adapts the pace and tools to fit each person’s needs rather than using a fixed script.
Her approaches include client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own goals, cognitive behavioral techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, motivational interviewing to build readiness for change, and solution-focused work to set short-term targets and track progress. People who choose Beverly can expect straightforward conversation and practical tasks between sessions.
She emphasizes respect and a non-judgmental attitude while helping clients work toward clearer goals and better coping skills.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and priorities. The therapist listens deeply and follows the client's lead to help identify what matters most and how to move forward.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change patterns that cause stress.
Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings about change. It uses respectful questions and reflection to boost motivation for things like reducing substance use or starting a new routine.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options with each person and tailor methods to fit goals, preferences, and life demands. Clients and therapist review what works and adjust as needed rather than committing to a single path from the start.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people maintain face-to-face connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people stay consistent with care while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas, Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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