About Betty
Betty Acierno is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She offers a calm, down-to-earth approach and works to build a strong, respectful therapeutic relationship. Her style aims to help people feel heard and able to take small, useful steps forward.
She brings 11 years of experience in mental health and medical settings. Much of her early work was in hospice, where she supported people through grief, loss, trauma, and serious illness.
Background and approach
That work shaped a practical, compassionate way of talking about hard topics and making plans that fit real life. In sessions she draws on client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness, narrative techniques, and solution-focused strategies. She uses these tools to help people understand patterns, try new responses, and build coping skills for daily difficulties.
Expect simple explanations and concrete techniques you can use between meetings. Betty also addresses concerns such as addiction, self-esteem, relationship struggles, compassion fatigue, body image, caregiving stress, chronic pain and illness, and family of origin issues. She helps people sort through commitment or communication problems and work toward clearer choices.
She practices in Florida and conducts therapy in English. People who prefer a relaxed, collaborative conversation and practical steps may find her approach a good match.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the person's lead to build trust and clarity; it helps when someone wants a supportive, nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans as needed so sessions stay useful and focused on what matters most to the person.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people work face-to-face when screens are convenient. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English