Therapist profile
Beth Wanke, LCSW
Wisconsin
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Addictions
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Wisconsin / 8228 - 123
- NPI
- 1225350903
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Wisconsin
About
- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Beth
Beth Wanke is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin with seven years of direct mental health experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. Beth also works with people navigating family conflict, adoption and foster care concerns, and codependency-related patterns.
Beth keeps her sessions practical and straightforward. She listens for what is most troubling and helps clients identify small, doable steps. She uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to notice unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage intense emotions. Motivational interviewing is part of how she supports people who want to change substance use or other behaviors.
Her background spans outpatient mental health, substance use treatment, correctional settings, in-home therapy, and child welfare services. That experience informs how she talks about parenting stress, blended family challenges, and the impact of trauma. She also has experience with first responder stress and caregiver burnout.
Beth has delivered individual and group treatment and has worked with people affected by domestic violence, divorce, and disruptive mood symptoms in children and adolescents. She draws on trauma-focused methods when past events are keeping someone stuck. She aims to help people build practical tools rather than offering abstract advice.
Outside clinical work she has taught substance abuse counseling as an adjunct instructor and mentored new professionals. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel understood and can name their goals. Online sessions can use that approach to help someone untangle people-pleasing patterns and clarify what they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions; it often involves homework like thought records and behavior experiments that can be reviewed between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills useful for dealing with overwhelming feelings and relationship stress.Finding the right mix of these approaches is a shared process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean starting with skills training, adding motivational interviewing for substance use concerns, or shifting focus as needs change.
The biography did not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a break. They also allow work on practical CBT tasks between meetings and make it simpler to practice communication skills in real time. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and homework to match each person's daily routine.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to people-pleasing and boundaries?
She works with codependency, control issues, communication problems, and family conflict to help people notice patterns of putting others first and practice setting limits.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She focuses on listening, identifying goals, and developing concrete skills such as thought tracking and emotion regulation.
How much experience does she bring?
She has seven years of direct mental health practice experience, plus additional background in child welfare and substance use settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Wisconsin.
Are sessions provided in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing work and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the 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.