About Beverly
Beverly Hodsden is a licensed professional counselor who brings 38 years of hands-on experience to therapy. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, trauma, and relationship struggles. Beverly offers straightforward guidance and practical tools so people can take small steps toward feeling better.
Her work centers on listening first and then tailoring approaches to each person's needs. She uses client-centered methods to build trust and make space for what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new ways of responding. Beverly also uses solution-focused and motivational interviewing strategies to help clients set clear goals and stay motivated through change. For people dealing with trauma, she incorporates trauma-focused ideas to address painful memories and their ongoing effects.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-directed while respecting each person’s pace. She has helped people with issues such as grief, sleep and eating concerns, career stress, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges around self-esteem and body image. Beverly pays attention to how attachment, communication problems, and cultural background influence day-to-day struggles.
Her approach is practical and steady, with an emphasis on doable steps. People who choose Beverly can expect a calm, patient presence that focuses on clear strategies and real-life changes. She helps clients build skills for coping with life transitions, handling anger, and regaining a sense of direction.
The work is focused on making progress that fits each person’s life.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist creates a respectful, nonjudgmental space and follows the client's concerns, which helps with self-esteem, grief, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and skill-based, useful for anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and sleep or eating issues. Motivational Interviewing is brief and goal-oriented; it supports people who want to change addictive behaviors or find motivation during life transitions.
Choosing the right approach happens together. Beverly will talk through goals and preferences with the client, then try methods that fit their needs. Sessions can shift as progress is made, combining approaches when that helps the work.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let therapists use visual cues for connection, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter updates or moment-to-moment support. These options provide flexibility so people can keep therapy going around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English