Betsy Godoy, LCSW

Betsy Godoy is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience. She centers therapy on each person's strengths and respects that people know their own stories best. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and clear.

Her approach begins by listening closely to what matters most to the client. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression, and she supports those coping with trauma and abuse and grief. She also helps with relationship and parenting concerns, self-esteem, and challenges related to addiction and substance use.

Betsy draws on several practical methods in sessions. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships. She applies cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also brings mindfulness practices to support emotion regulation and grounding.

Clients may bring complex life issues such as career shifts, compassion fatigue, ADHD, or struggles after adoption or foster care. Betsy addresses family of origin concerns, communication problems, and parenting stress in a straightforward way. She also offers support around domestic violence, first responder issues, and HIV/AIDS related stress when those topics arise.

Therapy with her is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. She encourages people to use their existing strengths while trying small, practical steps between sessions. To begin, a prospective client selects the Start Therapy button and completes a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and behaviors. In simple terms, this approach helps people notice recurring patterns in close relationships and try new ways of connecting that feel safer and more effective.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear, short exercises to identify unhelpful thinking and practice different responses that reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made and new priorities appear.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since options are not specified in the biography. Practical benefits often include saving travel time, fitting a quick check-in around work, and being able to use mindfulness or CBT exercises between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt these methods for remote sessions so people keep moving toward their goals.