About Beth
Beth VanKeuren Maldonado is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience in Connecticut. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, and ADHD. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood quickly.
She creates a calm, non-judgmental space where clients can name what’s happening and try new ways of coping. Sessions focus on practical steps - skills to manage stress, routines to improve sleep, and communication tools for strained relationships.
Background and approach
Beth blends several methods so work in sessions fits each person’s needs. Clients can expect an emphasis on present-day challenges and small, doable changes. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to reframe unhelpful thoughts and from mindfulness to reduce reactivity.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people clarify values and take meaningful action even when feelings are difficult. Her background includes long-term clinical work across many concerns such as grief, addiction, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. Beth also supports people facing career strain, parenting stress, and intimacy-related issues.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works with adults seeking help with life transitions, emotional regulation, and building steady routines.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by connecting behavior to what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and attention-related difficulties. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and awareness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can be useful for stress, chronic pain, and ADHD-related restlessness.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try techniques and adjust the plan so therapy fits the person’s life and pace.
Online formats make it easier to keep consistent work between sessions. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues and practice skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins and timely skill reminders during a busy week. These options aim to increase flexibility and help people maintain progress despite a hectic schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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