Betty Lustig

Betty Lustig is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 18 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship struggles, and trauma. She works in Florida and speaks English. Betty aims to create an accepting space where people can talk openly about what is hard for them and begin to feel stronger.

She holds a Master of Education in Community Counseling from the University of Miami. Betty draws on her long experience with mood concerns, loss, and relationship disruption to guide practical next steps. Sessions focus on clear goals and real changes in day-to-day life.

Betty uses a client-centered approach that puts the person’s experience first. That means listening closely, reflecting what matters, and shaping work around each person's priorities. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce distress.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She and a client decide together which techniques to try and how quickly to move. The therapeutic relationship is treated as the foundation for any change, built on acceptance and trust.

Betty often helps people work through sleep trouble, self-esteem concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness adjustment, and life transitions. She also addresses intimacy and communication struggles, blended family issues, and compassion fatigue. Her goal is to help people find practical ways to feel better and regain control over daily life.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and offering acceptance. Online sessions using this approach concentrate on listening, reflecting, and helping people set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice thought and behavior patterns and try practical changes. In online work CBT can be used to set small experiments, track sleep and mood, and practice new coping steps between sessions.

Finding the right approach happens together. Betty will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most comfortable. Over the first few sessions she and the client will decide whether to emphasize listening and exploration, CBT skills, or a blend of methods based on progress and needs.

Confirm the specific online session formats before booking, as the biography does not list formats. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It can also let people use tools like mood logs and homework sheets between appointments to keep progress moving.