Betty Laird, LCSW
Indiana · 40 years in practice
Betty Laird is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience helping people through hard seasons.
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 with four decades of experience helping people through hard seasons. She practices from Indiana and focuses on building a steady therapeutic relationship first. Her style is calm and companionable, with simple, direct conversation that helps people name what they’re facing.
Betty sees common struggles like anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and burnout from caregiving. She also works with concerns around relationships, intimacy, parenting, eating and sleeping, and life transitions.
Background and approach
She brings attention to how identity, loss, and meaning shape daily life. In sessions she keeps things practical and person-centered. She listens for how someone understands their choices and then helps them try different ways of coping or relating.
She sometimes uses film as a way to reflect on emotions and behavior. That can make difficult topics easier to talk about. Betty draws on attachment ideas to look at how early connections affect present patterns.
She also uses cognitive techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and emotionally focused work to repair relationship strain. Her approach is flexible and grounded in the relationship they build together. People choosing Betty can expect straightforward conversation, gentle challenge when needed, and help making plans for next steps.
She aims to make therapy useful for daily life, not just for talking about problems.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential therapy focuses on questions about meaning, choice, and responsibility. In plain terms it helps people name what matters to them, face life’s limits, and make choices that fit their values. This approach can be useful for grief, life transitions, and feeling stuck.Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current behavior and trust. It helps people recognize repeating patterns in relationships and practice new ways of connecting and setting boundaries. This can be helpful for intimacy issues, communication problems, and caregiver stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and comfort level. That means trying things, checking in, and adjusting the plan together rather than sticking to one fixed method.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues matter and for longer therapy conversations. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quieter audio check-ins. Live chat and text are good for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or when writing feels clearer than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days and allow continuity when travel or scheduling changes occur.
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Questions people ask
What issues does this therapist address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and compassion fatigue, as well as relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, eating and sleeping problems, career strain, and ADHD.
How would you describe the therapeutic approach?
Work is collaborative and person-centered, with attention to meaning and relationships. Betty combines existential ideas, attachment work, CBT, and emotionally focused methods to match the person’s needs.
What is her background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of clinical experience and long practice helping people through grief, trauma, mood issues, and caregiving stress.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Indiana and holds the LCSW credential in Indiana.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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