About Beth
Beth Williams brings 20 years of social work practice to her work with people seeking help for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, addiction, grief, and other life challenges.
Background and approach
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois and draws on a client-focused stance that centers each person's experience while offering practical tools for coping and change. Her style aims to balance empathy with clear, actionable strategies so clients feel both heard and guided.
Her clinical interests include intimate and relational issues, parenting and blended family dynamics, identity and LGBT-related concerns, trauma and abuse recovery, and support for chronic illness or caregiver strain.
Beth also addresses more specific areas such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, mood concerns including bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, and adjustment after separation or major life transitions. She integrates evidence-informed methods to help clients build communication skills, manage emotions, and move toward the goals they set for themselves.
Integrating evidence-based approaches in online therapy
Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and collaborative goal-setting, inviting the person to direct the pace and focus of work while the therapist provides support and reflection to deepen self-understanding. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) combines acceptance and change strategies and offers concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Beth works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She will help evaluate what feels most helpful in early sessions and adjust strategies over time so interventions remain aligned with the client’s priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to maintain continuity of care around busy schedules or geographic constraints. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver the same evidence-informed techniques used in person while accommodating varied communication preferences and access needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Utah, Illinois, California
- Languages
- English