Betty Laird, LCSW

Betty Laird is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with four decades of clinical experience. She emphasizes a calm, steady presence and offers a space where people can talk about hard things without judgment. Her work often focuses on everyday thoughts and habits that keep people stuck and on ways to shift those patterns. In sessions she listens for how relationships and past losses shape current stress and mood. She often brings attention to attachment patterns and how they affect trust and closeness. She uses client-centered practices to keep the conversation focused on the person's needs and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her approach when people want concrete ways to change overwhelming thoughts and habits. Emotionally-Focused and attachment-informed work help when relationship patterns and grief are central concerns. She also uses film as a tool to reflect on coping, identity, and conflict resolution. Betty has supported people coping with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions. She also addresses concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, ADHD, and eating and sleep difficulties. Her practice includes work around intimacy, communication problems, and career stress. She invites people to bring real-life examples to sessions and to try small changes between meetings. The aim is practical relief and clearer choices, delivered at a pace that fits each person.

How attachment, emotion work, and CBT translate online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of closeness and trust. Online sessions using attachment ideas look at real interactions and feelings as they show up now, helping people notice patterns and try different responses.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name core emotions and respond differently in relationships. In remote work this often means practicing new ways to express needs and then reflecting on what changed between sessions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going. CBT techniques used online include tracking thoughts, testing unhelpful beliefs, and trying small behavioral experiments between meetings to build new routines.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to pick methods that match goals, needs, and preferences and may draw from more than one approach as the work unfolds.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use quieter surroundings or reduce travel time. These practical benefits help therapy become part of everyday life while the therapist and client focus on changes that matter.