Beverly Smith

Beverly Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and issues related to narcissism. She brings a practical, straightforward style and aims to make sessions feel approachable and useful. Beverly emphasizes clear goals and steady progress over time. Her background includes work in hospitals, clinics, adoption and foster care agencies, and assisted living facilities. She has also taught as an adjunct professor at local junior colleges. This mix of settings informs her work with people facing grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, caregiving stress, and age-related concerns. Beverly uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and to build a collaborative relationship. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood, and on mindfulness practices to teach simple ways to calm the nervous system. Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy appear when people want help clarifying values, shifting unhelpful stories, or making a change. Sessions are designed to be practical and goal-oriented. Beverly often helps people develop coping plans, communication skills, and strategies for managing intense emotions. She works with issues such as intimacy concerns, eating and body image, ADHD-related challenges, and compassion fatigue. Beverly holds an MSW and practices as an LCSW in Illinois. Sessions are conducted in English. People interested in starting are encouraged to use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.

How Beverly’s approaches fit into online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and preferences, with the therapist following the client’s lead to build trust and clarify priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive, listening space to sort out feelings and choices.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and managing stress with concrete skills.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides tools for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving relationships. It can be helpful when emotions feel overwhelming or when someone is working to reduce reactive behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Beverly will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods as needs change. The process is conversational and exploratory rather than one-size-fits-all.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quicker follow-up between appointments. They also let people use quieter surroundings or shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can tailor session pacing and homework to match how someone prefers to work.