About
- Family concerns
- Trauma and grief
- CBT and ACT
About Felicia
Felicia Bates is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of professional experience. She is licensed in Indiana, Maine, and New Jersey and works with adults on a range of concerns including family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, parenting, and relationship difficulties.
She helps people who are adjusting to life changes and grappling with loss. She also supports those dealing with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder, along with anger and caregiver strain. Her background includes work on adoption and foster care matters, blended family issues, and family of origin problems.
Felicia draws on a mix of practical approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are part of her toolkit for changing patterns of thinking and learning emotion regulation skills.
She uses client-centered methods to keep conversations focused on what matters to the individual. Mindfulness techniques are offered to support stress management and grounding during difficult moments. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to clear steps clients can try between sessions.
Felicia works in English and does not take international clients. Fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name their values and take small committed steps toward them, even when feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment and simple grounding practices that can ease stress and improve emotion regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Felicia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands. She treats this as a practical conversation and will adjust strategies if something isn’t helping.
Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy home life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins on a break, or offering sessions when scheduling in-person visits is hard. Licensed professionals often blend conversation, skills practice, and brief between-session tasks so therapy can weave into everyday routines.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Indiana, Maine, New Jersey
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family concerns does she address?
She helps people with family conflict, blended family issues, and family of origin problems, as listed in her focus areas.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered conversation with practical methods like CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness to identify goals and skills to practice between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 24 years of professional experience working with adults on concerns such as trauma, grief, anxiety, and parenting stress.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Maine and New Jersey and practices from Indiana.
Can she work with people who speak other languages or live abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to start?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.