Therapist profile
Beth Collins, LCSW
Maine
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Relationships and Trauma
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Maine / LC4810
- NPI
- 1720180904
- Experience
- 25 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Maine
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Codependency focus
About Beth
Beth Collins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Maine with 25 years of experience working with adults. She helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. Beth also supports people dealing with codependency, abandonment, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and family of origin issues.
Beth uses straightforward conversation and practical techniques to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She listens for small shifts and points out concrete steps clients can try between sessions. Humor appears when it fits, and Beth uses it lightly to relieve intensity and open new perspectives.
Her work mixes a client-centered stance with cognitive behavioral tools. That means she follows what matters to the person in the room while offering ways to test thoughts and try different behaviors. Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving how someone relates to others, and reducing overwhelming reactions.
Beth pays attention to life events that shape current patterns, like family history, loss, illness, or long-term caregiving. She helps people untangle guilt, shame, or perfectionism that often underlies overgiving and people-pleasing. The aim is clearer choices about relationships, not quick fixes.
Practical steps are part of the work: noticing triggers, practicing new responses, and tracking small wins. To begin, people choose a matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Beth works in English and practices in Maine as an ME LCSW.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Beth uses client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to the person in the room. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping someone make sense of their experience. It is useful when someone needs to feel heard and to clarify values and priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors. CBT gives clear exercises and small experiments people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, shift low mood, or change repetitive relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is something she does together with each client. She will talk about what feels useful, try an approach for a few sessions, and adjust based on results and preferences. That collaborative method helps match techniques to a person’s goals and everyday life.
If you are considering online work, confirm the specific session formats before booking since formats were not listed in the biography. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists and other licensed professionals often find that video or phone sessions let people continue steady work on relationships, mood, and trauma-related coping without changing their daily routine.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Maine
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. Additional concerns listed include codependency, abandonment, caregiving stress, and family of origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She combines a client-centered approach with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she follows what matters to the client while offering practical ways to test thoughts and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of issues including trauma, depression, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an ME LCSW and practices in Maine.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats were not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.