Beth Donath-Tish, LCSW

Beth Donath-Tish is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 23 years of experience. She offers a steady, supportive presence and aims to meet people where they are. Conversations focus on practical steps people can try right away. Beth keeps sessions warm and collaborative. Beth often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on mindfulness practices to build moment-to-moment awareness and on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time. Those methods are adapted to each person’s needs rather than applied the same way to everyone. Her background includes work in outpatient psychiatry settings and counseling in school-related and group home contexts. That mix shaped her familiarity with common stressors, grief, relationship strain, and issues around identity and body image. She has years of experience supporting people facing work stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. In sessions Beth aims for clear goals and a shared plan. She emphasizes respect and a team approach where therapist and client design steps together. Early meetings typically include a phone call or live meeting to get oriented and agree on next steps. People who come to Beth can expect straightforward conversation, practical coping strategies, and space to reflect on patterns. Sessions cover concerns such as anxiety, mood, eating and body image, ADHD-related challenges, grief, and intimacy-related issues.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Beth commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. CBT often includes practical exercises, short experiments, and homework to test new ways of responding to anxiety, mood shifts, or unhelpful habits.

She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and bodily reactions without immediate judgment. Mindfulness practices can be useful for stress, compassion fatigue, and building tolerance for strong feelings. Psychodynamic ideas are used selectively to look at recurring patterns and early influences that shape current relationships and reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to your goals and preferences, and then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process that can change over time as needs shift.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video offers a closer sense of face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging make shorter check-ins and flexible scheduling easier. These options aim to make it simpler to keep up with therapy while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.