About Betsy
Betsy Godoy is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 12 years of experience. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and treats each client as the expert on their own life. Her style aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and straightforward for someone taking that first step.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. She blends client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in the room.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify and change thinking and behavior that get in the way of daily life. Betsy has worked with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with grief, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, and struggles with intimacy and relationships.
Parenting strain, caregiver stress, and adoption or foster care questions are part of her focus as well. Practical tools are a regular part of sessions. That can mean emotion regulation skills, mindful breathing, or steps to shift unhelpful thoughts.
When traumatic memories are present, she may use approaches aimed at processing those memories safely. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Betsy emphasizes collaboration and respect, helping people set clear goals and track progress.
For anyone worried about starting therapy, she frames the first session as a simple conversation about what matters most.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional responses; online sessions use discussion and exercises to notice those patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client’s goals, so the therapist mirrors priorities and helps the person set next steps that feel doable. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it often includes simple homework tasks and skills practice that transfer well to remote formats.Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and life context, and then recommend options. Together they try methods and adjust as needed so the work fits the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit short check-ins or busy schedules. These options can make it simpler to keep regular sessions and to practice skills between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish