Sheri Bettenhausen, LCSW

Sheri Bettenhausen is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Kentucky with 18 years of experience. She helps people facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, and midlife transitions. Sheri aims to create a calm space where people can say what they feel and start practical change.

Sheri uses straightforward, conversational therapy. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear goals. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, like managing strong emotions, improving sleep, and handling relationship or parenting strains.

Her approach combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking, Dialectical Behavior Therapy to handle intense emotions, and Trauma-Focused methods when past events are part of the struggle. Solution-Focused techniques are used to identify small, realistic steps toward improvement.

Sheri has supported people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, autism spectrum needs, gender dysphoria, and sexual assault or abuse. She also addresses caregiver stress, bipolar and mood disorders, ADHD, and sexuality-related questions.

Conversations are practical and down to earth. Sheri emphasizes doable strategies and steady progress. She encourages people to take the first step and offers steady support as they work toward a more satisfying life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Two of Sheri's main approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy. CBT looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful thinking and routines. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the impact of past traumatic events with steps to reduce their hold on daily life and to rebuild safety and stability.

She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help manage intense emotions and improve coping. DBT offers concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication when feelings run high.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheri collaborates with each person to identify which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try approaches, check what helps, and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

The practical benefits of online therapy can include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy week, shorter check-ins when appropriate, and options that reduce travel time. The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online or in-person options before booking to choose what fits daily life best.