Bethany Kobus , LMHC

Bethany Kobus is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with five years of clinical counseling experience. She combines her background in social work with practical counseling methods to help adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Bethany works with adults to build skills for daily life and to manage strong emotions like shame, guilt, and anger.

She creates a warm, affirming space where people can talk through what feels hard. Bethany emphasizes self-compassion and clear communication. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as slowing down to understand patterns that keep showing up.

Bethany often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and to try new behaviors. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients clarify values and take meaningful steps toward them. Attachment-based work helps when past relationships shape present worries and closeness with others.

Her experience includes work in outpatient clinics with adults, adolescents, and children earlier in her career, plus a background in social work. Bethany supports people coping with trauma, ADHD, grief, parenting stress, intimacy concerns, and compassion fatigue. She aims to meet each person where they are and tailor supports to their goals.

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients internationally. Bethany encourages practical, steady progress and partners with clients to find strategies that fit their real lives.

Approaches that guide online sessions and real-life change

Bethany commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small, meaningful steps toward those values even when strong feelings are present.

She treats approach selection as a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to prioritize and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good when visual cues and a fuller conversation help. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum from week to week.