Betty Burns

Betty Burns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and eating and food-related issues. She focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life. Her style aims to encourage change while honoring where someone is starting from.

Betty has practiced for 19 years in Tennessee and online. She has worked with individuals of different ages and with couples in private practice settings. Her experience includes supporting people through childhood abuse and trauma, post-traumatic stress, bipolar concerns, grief, and challenges tied to work and parenting.

In sessions she adapts conversation and plans to each person's needs. She uses approaches rooted in attachment perspectives, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and trauma-focused care. That means sessions can include looking at patterns in relationships, practicing new ways of thinking and coping, and working through past hurts at a comfortable pace.

She also addresses life transitions, caregiver stress, codependency, and blended family concerns, and offers coaching around life purpose and workplace issues. Expect straightforward guidance and a focus on small, actionable steps that build over time.

Betty describes her role as encouraging and supportive. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping people move toward a more fulfilling daily life.

How Betty’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current feelings and behaviors. Online work can involve talking through those patterns and practicing new ways of relating to others.

Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and responding to what matters most to the person in front of her. In remote sessions this means Betty follows the client's lead and shapes sessions around their priorities and pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems by giving clear skills to use between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Betty will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort. That decision can shift as progress is made or needs change.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are listed by the practice. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, cut travel time, and keep check-ins brief when schedules demand it. Many people find it convenient for continuing steady work on relationships, mood, trauma recovery, and behavior change without rearranging their entire day.