Works with
- Anger
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
How Bethany works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Bethany
Bethany Maroney-Peterson is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 16 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her approach is straightforward and caring, aimed at building practical skills that make daily life easier.
She uses a mix of therapies based on what each person needs. That can include Attachment-Based methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Solution-Focused work.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete steps, like identifying triggers, practicing new responses, and testing strategies between meetings. Bethany combines a warm, relaxed style with clear skill-building. She listens first, then helps craft short-term goals and tools the client can use right away.
Over time she supports people in strengthening relationships, improving self-esteem, and handling big life changes. Her background includes work across trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and caregiver stress. Bethany also has experience with issues related to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, and first responder stress.
This range informs how she tailors treatment for each person. Clients can expect collaboration about goals and methods. Bethany explains options plainly and adjusts plans as progress is made.
The emphasis is on small, doable changes that add up to steadier emotional balance.
What Bethany works with
Everything Bethany lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Bethany's practice.
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Bethany lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online care
Attachment-Based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. It helps people understand patterns in closeness, trust, and reactions to conflict so they can try new ways of relating.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. It teaches simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and practice alternative responses, which is useful for anxiety, anger, and mood concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps most. The process is collaborative and focused on measurable changes.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone calls use less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat and messaging let people check in quickly or share thoughts between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Bethany
What concerns does Bethany commonly address?
She supports people with anger, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, grief, and caregiver stress among other issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and relaxed while staying practical. Sessions focus on listening, setting short-term goals, and practicing skills between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including PTSD, anxiety disorders, and caregiver and first responder stress.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, credentialed as LMFT, and practices from California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and starting steps handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.