- Focus on thoughts and habits
- Practical coping skills
- Gentle, client-centered care
About Bethany
Bethany Kobus is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings five years of clinical counseling experience and a prior decade working as a social worker. Bethany helps adults sort through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting strain, grief, and trauma-related concerns.
She works in a warm, affirming way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Sessions aim to make strong feelings more manageable and to build self-compassion. Bethany supports clients who face life transitions, chronic health challenges, or the long-term effects of early abandonment and family-of-origin issues.
Her work draws on a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centered listening, and dialectical behavior techniques. She also brings methods that attend to the body's responses to stress, and to processing traumatic memories when appropriate.
Bethany has experience with ADHD, panic, disruptive mood symptoms, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue among other concerns. She emphasizes communication skills, realistic coping habits, and clearer boundaries so everyday life feels easier to navigate.
Clients can expect a collaborative relationship where goals and techniques are shaped together. The focus is on small, concrete changes that add up to steadier mood and better day-to-day functioning.
She works in a warm, affirming way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Sessions aim to make strong feelings more manageable and to build self-compassion. Bethany supports clients who face life transitions, chronic health challenges, or the long-term effects of early abandonment and family-of-origin issues.
Her work draws on a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centered listening, and dialectical behavior techniques. She also brings methods that attend to the body's responses to stress, and to processing traumatic memories when appropriate.
Bethany has experience with ADHD, panic, disruptive mood symptoms, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue among other concerns. She emphasizes communication skills, realistic coping habits, and clearer boundaries so everyday life feels easier to navigate.
Clients can expect a collaborative relationship where goals and techniques are shaped together. The focus is on small, concrete changes that add up to steadier mood and better day-to-day functioning.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Relationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Domestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Approaches for online work and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thinking and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns of thought and behavior, which is useful for panic, worry, and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating to others and themselves.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss these methods with each person and pick techniques that match the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration means pacing and tools are adjusted as progress is made.
Confirm current online session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to continue therapy through transitions or when regular in-person visits are harder to arrange. Licensed professionals can use the approaches above to support practical skill building and emotional processing in remote sessions.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Bethany address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue among other areas.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and affirming with a focus on practical steps. She blends listening with skill-building so clients can try new habits between sessions.
What is her background and clinical experience?
She has five years of clinical counseling experience and ten years as a social worker, and has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in an outpatient clinic.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a NY Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices in New York.
Are sessions available in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She accepts international clients.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.