Beth Allen

Compassionate CBT-informed counseling for life transitions

LPC Pennsylvania

Experience: 20 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Beth

Beth Allen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 20 years of clinical experience. She emphasizes cognitive behavioral techniques as a core part of her work while integrating tools from EMDR and dialectical behavior therapy to address complex emotional patterns.

Background and approach

Beth focuses on helping people navigate depression, anxiety, trauma and grief, offering practical strategies to reduce symptoms and build more effective coping skills. Her practice aims to provide a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment where clients can explore issues like self-esteem, shame, guilt, and abandonment.

Beth also works with concerns related to addiction, anger, compassion fatigue, and life transitions, and pays attention to family of origin dynamics, codependency, and the search for life purpose. She tailors interventions to each person’s needs, supporting growth through collaborative exploration and skill-building.

Across two decades of work, Beth has supported people facing mood disorders and post-traumatic stress, and she brings a person-centered sensibility to evidence-informed approaches. Her goal is to help clients reconnect with self-love and resilience while developing concrete tools to manage distress and move toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Healing

Beth draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies for mood and anxiety management; CBT focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress. She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy to support people in clarifying values, increasing psychological flexibility, and pursuing meaningful action even during difficult feelings. Additionally, elements of EMDR may be integrated when processing trauma-related symptoms to help reduce the emotional intensity of distressing memories.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative rather than fixed. Beth works with each person to explore which methods feel most helpful, adjusting techniques based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences so the therapeutic plan evolves with progress and feedback.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to access care from home in Pennsylvania. These flexible formats allow for regular check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and different ways to communicate when schedules or comfort levels vary, supporting steady work toward recovery and growth.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Beth commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, addictions, anger, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, along with related topics such as abandonment and caregiver stress.

What is her therapeutic style and approach?

Beth blends cognitive behavioral strategies with client-centered listening and elements from ACT, DBT, and EMDR to offer practical skills and experiential methods tailored to each client.

How much experience does she have?

She brings 20 years of clinical experience supporting people through mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, life transitions, and interpersonal challenges.

Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Pennsylvania with the credential PA LPC PC005377 and uses LPC as her professional designation.

Which languages does she offer therapy in?

Sessions are conducted in English.

What session formats are available for working together?

Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to availability and preference.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin therapy with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression

Also works with

AddictionsAnger managementCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyDissociationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disorders Post-traumatic stress Self-harmSelf-loveWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania

Languages

English