Betsy Weiss

Betsy Weiss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Louisiana with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stuck by addressing stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also works with concerns related to adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment, and caregiver stress.

In sessions she focuses on clear, practical conversation. She listens for what matters most to the person in front of her and helps identify small, workable steps. That might mean looking at thought patterns that feed anxiety, practicing skills to manage stress, or sorting out priorities when life shifts unexpectedly.

Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on the client's experience. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people stay present and reduce overwhelm. Internal Family Systems ideas can help when internal parts feel conflicted or stuck.

Sessions are straightforward and focused on practical change. Betsy talks through options, practices skills in-session, and sets simple goals to try between meetings. Her background includes work with chronic illness, body image and communication problems, dissociation, and relationship endings.

People who are weighing next steps in work or life, or coping with a major change, often choose to begin by describing what feels most urgent. From there she helps shape a plan for clearer thinking and steadier action.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy is focused on the client's experience and priorities; online sessions let the client lead conversations about what feels most important. This approach helps when someone is unsure where to start or needs a place to sort through competing concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about noticing thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes. Online meetings can include brief skill practice and homework such as tracking thoughts or trying new behaviors between sessions, which is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaboration guides which techniques are emphasized and what goals are set.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people join a session when they have quieter surroundings, need to avoid video, or prefer a session that fits a work break.