Felicia Bates, LCSW

Felicia Bates is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience. She works from Indiana and brings long experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions.

Bates focuses on practical, everyday thoughts and habits that shape how people feel and act. She helps people talk through family conflict, grief and loss, trauma, and parenting strains. She also supports those facing career pressure, chronic stress, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue.

In sessions she adapts the conversation to each person’s needs. She uses approaches like cognitive behavioral work, acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness, and client-centered listening to help people notice thinking patterns and try new habits. She aims for clear, manageable steps rather than long lists of techniques.

Her style is direct and compassionate. She invites questions and works at the client’s pace. People can expect a focus on small changes that fit daily life and build steadier coping over time.

Felicia asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin. From there she helps arrange scheduling that fits the person’s routine and goals.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It is useful for coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by helping people take small value-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns and daily habits. Mindfulness Therapy uses attention and awareness practices to help reduce reactivity and improve stress management.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person's needs. This is collaborative: clients and the therapist adjust techniques based on what feels useful and workable in daily life.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the listing does not specify formats here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins from a quieter location. Some approaches, like CBT and ACT, adapt well to brief skill-focused sessions, while mindfulness practices may include short exercises to use between meetings. The therapist will help choose a session rhythm that works with the client's routine and goals.