Beth VanKeuren Maldonado , LCSW

Beth VanKeuren Maldonado is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience practicing in Connecticut. She focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship challenges. Beth aims to help people find clarity and steadier footing during major life changes.

Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns, including trauma and abuse recovery, grief, self-esteem, addictions, and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, caregiver stress, and the emotional impact of aging. Beth works with issues tied to work, parenting, and major transitions as well.

Beth uses several practical therapy approaches to tailor care to each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered methods, and mindfulness techniques. These methods are used to build coping skills, shift unhelpful patterns, and increase awareness in daily life.

Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on listening, clear goals, and concrete steps people can try between meetings. Her aim is to help clients feel understood and to strengthen tools they can use outside of sessions.

If someone wants to begin, Beth supports the matching and scheduling process through the site. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through multiple online formats to fit different needs and schedules.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people accept difficult feelings and focus on values-based action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and sleeping problems.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match the person's goals and preferences. That choice can shift as needs change, and sessions may blend techniques to suit real-life situations.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people maintain face-to-face contact, phone can be better when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.