Bethany Waite, LCSW

How Bethany’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values while learning to sit with difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and confusion about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to shift them; it’s useful for panic, depression, and managing day-to-day stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the client’s goals guide the work and the therapist follows the client’s pace.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Bethany works collaboratively to choose tools that fit a person’s goals, preferences, and current life demands. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods as progress or obstacles arise.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited, chat is convenient for quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports brief daily practice or follow-up. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules while using the approaches above in ways that suit individual needs.