Betsy Bennett is a Psychotherapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Chronic Relapse, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, and Internet Addiction. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
My main areas of practice include: alcohol and drug addiction, relational conflict, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, trauma and PTSD. I work with a client centered, interpersonal approach to confidentially support and respond to the individual uniqueness of each client. I focus on creating open and direct dialogue using an element of humor to create relational safety.The level of ongoing anxiety and stress accompanying addiction as well as from everyday life tends to be relentless, overwhelming and at times, traumatizing. My goal is to assist clients in building insight and personalized skills to reduce distress and experience meaningful, corrective, emotional experiences. ADDICTION IS A BRAIN DISEASE THAT CREATES ABNORMAL BEHAVIORS (lying etc.). Addiction chemically “hijacks” brain’s reward system. Thus, “USING” is entire focus. MYTH: If the addict “loved” family enough, they would stop “using.” Addiction is rarely about love. It is a complicated brain disease needing to be understood