- Blended family issues
- CBT and DBT approaches
- Caregiver concerns
About Beverly
Beverly Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 20 years of clinical experience. She has worked in hospitals, clinics, adoption and foster care agencies, and assisted living facilities. Beverly has also taught as an adjunct college instructor and brings that practical background into her sessions.
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She also assists with parenting challenges, blended family issues, ADHD, eating and body image concerns, and career or life changes. Her experience includes work with members of the LGBT community, foster parents, grandparents, and young parents.
Beverly uses approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and motivational interviewing. In practice she focuses on clear, problem-focused work and skills people can use between meetings. Sessions tend to emphasize practical steps, thinking patterns, and present-day coping tools.
Her prior nursing background and work with dementia care inform her attention to caregiver stress, aging-related issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and adoption and foster care concerns. She combines clinical experience with teaching skills to explain ideas simply and directly.
Beverly advises that good results often depend on a solid match between person and therapist. To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the online options button.
How Beverly’s approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s concerns, then shaping sessions around what matters most to them. It helps when someone needs a therapist who responds to their pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills and can help when feelings feel overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Beverly will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative decision is revisited as needs change and progress is tracked together.
The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting therapy into a busy schedule and reducing travel time. Online work can make it easier to keep appointments during a work break or to have shorter check-ins when days are tight. Confirm the specific session options available before booking, since formats are not listed in the biography. Licensed professionals generally adapt these approaches for remote sessions so people can practice skills between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns, plus parenting and blended family issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses client-centered techniques along with CBT, DBT, narrative work, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to focus on practical skills and present-day coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience in hospitals, clinics, foster care and assisted living, and has taught as an adjunct college instructor.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; 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 then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.