- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief and loss
About Betsy
Betsy Salomon-Auguste is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 22 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and intimacy-related issues. She also helps with grief, depression, career questions, and caregiving strain.
Betsy focuses on practical conversations that make difficult topics easier to talk about. Sessions are a place to name what is hard and try small changes that feel manageable. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide those steps and supports people exploring identity and LGBT concerns when relevant.
Her background includes long-term clinical work helping people navigate life transitions and complex feelings like guilt, shame, abandonment, and jealousy. She also addresses communication problems, codependency, and issues that come up around parenting, fatherhood, and aging. Her approach includes direct skill-building for coping and emotion regulation.
Betsy describes her role as a collaborator who helps clients set goals and track progress. She aims to make conversations clear and concrete so people can try different ways of responding to stress. Many clients work on boundaries, forgiveness, and repairing or reshaping close relationships.
For practical next steps she asks people to use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Many evidence-based techniques are described as practical methods to change thinking and behavior. Cognitive-based approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments, which can reduce anxiety in social situations and improve confidence in interactions. Behavioral methods concentrate on gradual exposure to feared situations and building step-by-step practice to lessen avoidance and increase comfort with social activities.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose techniques that match current needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying methods, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.
The original biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm exact options before booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules require. It can also let people practice strategies in real-life contexts and bring notes or prompts into a session for focused skill-building.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, grief, depression, career questions, and caregiving strain.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on clear, practical conversations to try manageable changes and build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individual clients on a range of life stressors.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.