Betty Laird
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Indiana therapists accepting new clients
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About Betty
Hello! My name is Betty Laird and I am a licensed clinical social worker in Indiana with over 35 years of experience. I attended Loyola University in Chicago. I believe that we are all amazing, complicated and resilient beings as well as vulnerable to stress and loss. At times we all need a safe place to give voice to our pain, explore our perceptions of ourselves and others and have a companion on our journeys toward healing. My approach is to create a safe, nonjudgmental environment in which the therapeutic relationship is the vehicle of change. I have experience with grief and loss issues, fertility and adoption challenges, compassion fatigue, trauma and PTSD, anxiety and depression, mood and personality disorders. I also use cinematherapy ( use of film to explore personality , coping and conflict resolution) .
What Betty helps with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- 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
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- 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
How Betty works
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “first session was good, hope to stick with my goal of helping my sons at home best way I can”
- “She's very helpful to talk to you and very knowledgeable and offers wonderful resources, the only issue is a technical difficulties with the calls a lot of the time”
- “Betty's experience and her enthusiasm to help makes her an excellent therapist. I feel no judgment, she lets me take things at my pace, and she sends me helpful things to read in between our sessions. I really appreciate my talks with her.”
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- “I don’t know what I’d do without Betty. She is amazing!”
- “Betty Laird has been great for me. She treats me like a smart, professional, educated woman and is very respectful. She has unlocked many things inside of me that have been causing me great pain and is giving me the tools to deal with these things. I highly recommend her.”
- “Betty Laird is the best therapist I have ever had.”
- “I love Betty and would recommend her to anyone.”
- “Excellent”
- “Betty is an absolutely amazing therapist! I enjoy her blunt honesty and ability to help me cope with the trauma that I have been through. I love that she doesn’t just put a bandage on it and gets to the root of the actual problem. She is a blessing in every aspect of that word!”
- “Betty is an amazing therapist. She challenges me in ways that I need in order to properly heal and grow. She encourages me to dig to the root of my problems and allows me to express myself.”
- “She’s exactly who you want, if you’re looking for a real answer to all those questions you’ve probably got. <br /> <br /> No bandaid doctor here! Just Betty, with the wisest of words that I not only wanted to hear, but needed to hear. She’s great, just give her a shot and you’ll agree! <br /> <br /> Kindest regards- a legitimate BetterHelp user and patient of Thee Betty Laird, lol.”
- “I absolutely adore my therapist. I'm very fortunate to have someone who understands me and can help me with figuring out myself.”
- “Betty is the best”
- “Feeling like I’m getting 100% more out of my therapy sessions now that I’m with Betty.”
- “Betty is amazing! I love that she helps look at my issues on a deeper level and also is able to help me start to be a better person.”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.