Sheri Bettenhausen, LCSW

Sheri Bettenhausen is a licensed clinical social worker in Kentucky with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and parenting challenges. She aims to make it easier to talk about hard things by creating an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. Sheri emphasizes practical steps you can try between sessions so progress feels tangible.

Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then helps identify small changes that fit daily life. Sheri uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage emotions and distress.

She also draws on solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable goals and trauma-focused methods when past events are affecting current functioning. Sessions typically balance talking through problems with learning coping strategies to use outside of therapy.

Sheri works with a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, sleep problems, self-harm histories, and mood disorders like bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation. She pays attention to issues related to adoption and foster care, attachment, neurodiversity, gender dysphoria, and sexuality when those topics come up.

People who come to Sheri can expect calm, practical guidance and support in finding what helps them move forward. She encourages small steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm over time.

How Sheri’s approaches translate to online work

CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In simple steps, it breaks problems into manageable pieces and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and depression. DBT focuses on building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. It is useful when strong emotions or relationship stress make everyday life harder.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheri will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend which strategies to try. That choice is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm the available session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people try therapy from a familiar setting and use tools and worksheets between meetings to practice new skills.