Licensed clinical social worker recordIllinois
Beth Williams, LCSW
Illinois
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anxiety and Relationships
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in Florida
- LCSW, licence SW11614
- Licensed in Utah
- LCSW, licence 13026897-3501
- Licensed in Illinois
- LCSW, licence 149027334
- Licensed in California
- LCSW, licence 123602
- NPI
- 1689003725
- Experience
- 20 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Illinois
These details come from information Beth supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship skills
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Beth
Beth Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois with 20 years of practice. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction, and the challenges of life change.
Beth focuses on practical skills people can use between sessions. She helps clients learn communication strategies, coping techniques for mood and stress, and ways to manage anger or relationship tension. Her work also addresses intimacy issues, parenting concerns, body image, career stress, and caregiving burdens.
In sessions she uses straightforward, client-centered methods and evidence-informed tools. That means conversation that centers the person's goals, along with exercises such as thought records, behavioral experiments, and mindfulness practices when appropriate. She also brings techniques from motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior therapy to help with motivation, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance.
Beth has worked with people facing adoption and foster care questions, abandonment issues, aging and geriatric concerns, blended family arrangements, chronic illness and pain, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also helps those coping with bipolar disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), and co-occurring conditions.
Her style is practical and direct. Sessions emphasize skills you can try between meetings and clear goals for change. To begin, clients select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
BHow sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's own goals and priorities. Online sessions let the therapist listen and reflect while you decide what matters most and set practical steps forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) uses clear tools such as tracking thoughts, testing beliefs, and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and depression; these exercises can be explained in session and practiced between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that can be taught and rehearsed in virtual sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Beth will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, daily routines, and the problems they want to solve. That collaborative planning guides which skills are prioritized and how sessions are structured.
Confirm the exact session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow for flexible check-ins that match work or caregiving demands. It also supports using in-the-moment skill coaching, reviewing worksheets together, and assigning practical exercises between meetings to build lasting habits.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Florida, Utah, Illinois, California
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Beth works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family matters, addictions, grief, trauma and many related issues listed in her profile.
What is her basic therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach with practical tools from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to support skills and problem solving.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 20 years of experience working with adults across a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is her license held?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois and also holds an LCSW in Florida as listed.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she see clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the provided flow.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers