Bethany Kobus, LMHC

Bethany Kobus is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York who brings a combined background in social work and clinical counseling to her practice. She has five years of clinical experience and ten years working as a social worker, supporting children, adolescents, and adults in an outpatient clinic setting. She holds a bachelor of social work from SUNY Plattsburgh and a master s degree from Medialle College. Her LMHC credential indicates that she is licensed to provide professional mental health counseling in New York.

Her work centers on helping adults navigate complex life challenges with a compassionate and affirming approach. She supports people facing depression, anxiety and panic, ADHD, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stresses, and major life transitions. She also works with issues related to family dynamics, abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and forgiveness.

Bethany emphasizes holistic healing and practical skill building - strengthening self-esteem, improving communication, and addressing emotions such as guilt, shame, and isolation. She integrates evidence-informed modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered Rogerian techniques, and dialectical behavior therapy, and draws on feminist perspectives, polyvagal and somatic ideas, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when appropriate. She offers flexible options for connecting with clients, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and works with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, including international clients.

Approaches for Online Care and Therapeutic Growth

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to take actions that reflect personal values. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and navigating life changes by clarifying what matters most and building committed steps toward those goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical strategies to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety, manage panic, and develop coping skills for everyday challenges such as stress and ADHD-related difficulties.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in relationships that began early in life and how they influence current intimacy, communication, and family dynamics. This approach can support work around relationship issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and healing family-of-origin wounds.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. A therapist will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may blend techniques from different models to tailor care.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility to meet where it is most convenient, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care across locations. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to deliver supportive, skills-based work and ongoing therapeutic collaboration.