About Betty
Betty Gewirtz is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of practice in New York. She focuses on coaching and support for people facing stress, anxiety, career concerns, and life transitions. Betty emphasizes practical steps and steady encouragement to help clients move toward clearer goals and better day-to-day functioning.
She has long experience working with executive and professional coaching needs alongside common struggles such as depression, grief, parenting strain, and sleep difficulties.
Background and approach
Betty frames clients as the experts on their own lives and builds on strengths already present. Sessions aim to clarify priorities, identify small changes, and practice new habits that fit each person’s routine. Her style is straightforward and collaborative.
She listens closely, asks concrete questions, and helps people translate insight into action. Conversations cover coping skills, problem-solving, and ways to reduce overwhelming reactions so tasks and relationships feel more manageable. Betty also addresses anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and attention challenges.
She adapts her approach to the specific issue a person brings and the pace they prefer. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Therapy can include coaching around career moves, parenting stress, or balancing professional demands with personal life.
Betty supports clients through transitions and loss with practical tools and steady guidance. Her long experience in New York informs a pragmatic approach to everyday problems.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Betty draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and behavior change. One common approach helps people learn clear coping strategies for anxiety and stress by teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step problem solving to reduce overwhelm. Another approach centers on coaching skills to clarify goals, set priorities, and build habits that support career moves or everyday routines. These methods are practical and geared toward measurable changes in daily life.Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences together and then try methods that fit the person’s pace. Adjustments are made based on what helps most, so the plan can shift as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, brief coaching, or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily rhythms.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Coaching
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, New York
- Languages
- English