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Norma Beatriz

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Norma Beatriz, LMSW, LCSW

Michigan

LCSW therapist - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLMSW, LCSW
  • LicenseLMSW, Michigan / 6801018063; LCSW, Maine / LC14462
  • NPI1952583122
  • Experience41 years
  • LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
  • LocationMichigan

About

  • Anger management
  • Relationship strain
  • Mindfulness skills

About Norma

Norma Beatriz is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 41 years of clinical experience. She practices in Michigan and draws on decades of work helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and anger.

She focuses on practical changes people can make in daily life. Sessions often look at what triggers frustration, how patterns of interaction escalate, and small steps to reduce reactivity. Norma uses a mix of approaches so people can try what fits best and feel more effective in tense moments.

Her approach borrows from client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to clarify thoughts and behaviors that fuel anger. Emotionally-focused work helps when relationship patterns keep reigniting the same fights. She also uses mindfulness techniques to slow down impulses and notice bodily signals before acting.

Norma describes her work as collaborative. She listens for what worries someone most, then offers concrete tools and short-term experiments to see what changes. Sessions can include practical role plays, breathing or grounding practices, and steps to repair conversations that went wrong.

She speaks English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients. Norma notes that scheduling beyond what appears on an online calendar is possible by sharing preferred times, and she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire before arranging a first session.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches used during online sessions

Norma commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and helping people name what matters most to them, which is useful when anger comes from unmet needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers clear exercises to change unhelpful patterns that trigger outbursts or simmering resentment.

She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to map interaction patterns in relationships and to identify moments where a different response can reduce escalation. That approach can help people practice safer conversations and repair connection after a conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Norma collaborates with clients to try methods that fit their goals and preferences. Together they test short experiments and skills in everyday situations, then adjust the plan based on what actually helps.

Session formats are not listed explicitly in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can guide you on pacing, homework, and practical ways to practice new responses between meetings.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

LGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

41+ years

Listed in

Michigan, Maine

Languages

English, Spanish

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger issues does she help with?

She supports people dealing with snapping at loved ones, ongoing resentment, workplace frustration, and related relationship tension.

What is her therapeutic style?

She uses an eclectic, collaborative style mixing client-centered listening with practical CBT, EFT, and mindfulness techniques.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 41 years of experience as a psychotherapist and counselor.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Michigan.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

She accepts international clients.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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