Betty Laird, LCSW
Indiana · 40 years in practice
Betty Laird is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with four decades of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Indiana
- 34000141A · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1568879054 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Betty
Betty Laird is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Indiana with four decades of experience. She approaches therapy with warmth and steady presence. Sessions focus on listening, naming what feels hard, and finding ways forward that fit each person's life.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, sleeping and eating struggles, parenting stress, career worries, and life changes.
Background and approach
Betty works with concerns related to ADHD, bipolar mood patterns, and long-term health challenges in straightforward language. Her practice draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how emotional responses and close bonds shape behavior.
She also uses Client-Centered principles to keep the work grounded in the client's own goals, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Betty sometimes incorporates cinematherapy, using film scenes to illustrate feelings, coping styles, and relationship patterns. That can make emotional material easier to name and discuss.
Her style is practical, compassionate, and patient, with an emphasis on building safety in the therapy relationship. People who want clear explanations and a steady guide through difficult emotions often find her approach helpful. She aims to help clients feel understood, clarify what matters most, and take small, manageable steps toward change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Betty lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Betty names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and reshaping emotional responses in relationships. In online sessions EFT techniques help clients notice core feelings, work through upsetting interactions, and build more supported emotional patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current behavior and trust. Online work can illuminate those patterns by tracing how clients react in relationships and in the therapy conversation itself.Client-Centered Therapy places the client's perspective at the center of the work. Through empathic listening and open questions the therapist helps clients find their own answers and goals. Betty combines these approaches so the client and therapist together decide which ideas and exercises fit best for the concern and the person's preferences.
Online formats offer practical benefits for this kind of work. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction useful for noticing expressions and tone. Phone sessions can be less demanding when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, written reflections, or brief skill practice between longer sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit into a busy life while still keeping the focus on emotional processing and real-life change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Betty works with stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career concerns, bipolar and ADHD-related challenges, and many related topics.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is calm and nonjudgmental. She focuses on listening, reflecting emotions, and helping clients name what they feel and want to change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of professional experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Indiana.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) credential and practices in Indiana.
Which languages does she use for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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