Betty Burns, LCSW

Betty Burns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee with 19 years of experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and relationship problems. She also lists blended family issues as a focus area and can help people facing stepfamily challenges and parenting strain.

Betty uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. She draws on client-centered work to listen and build a plan based on what the client wants. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.

Her background includes nearly two decades of practice in both private settings and online. That experience includes helping people cope after childhood abuse, manage grief, and address substance use concerns. She describes her role as encouraging clients to find more purpose and satisfaction in daily life.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps and small changes that can reduce stress and improve relationships. She works with issues such as intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, workplace stress, and caregiving burden. For people in blended households she can talk through co-parenting tensions, loyalty conflicts, and merging routines.

Betty asks new clients to describe their goals and current struggles so treatment can be shaped around those aims. She uses a mix of attachment-informed ideas and trauma-focused approaches when those fit a person’s needs. Sessions move at a practical pace and aim to leave people with clearer options and next steps.