Beth Brantner
Experienced, compassionate guidance for life transitions
LPCC Minnesota
- Experience
- 33 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Bipolar
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Beth
Beth Brantner offers a supportive, experienced presence for people managing anxiety, depression, addictions, bipolar disorder, and the stresses that accompany major life changes. She emphasizes an individualized, compassionate process that helps clients address social anxiety, control issues, shame, guilt, and forgiveness while building practical coping skills.
Background and approach
With 33 years of clinical work as an LPCC in Minnesota, Beth blends careful listening with evidence-informed techniques to help clients examine patterns that contribute to distress. She encourages exploration of personal meaning alongside concrete strategies for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, helping clients move from feeling stuck toward greater self-understanding and resilience.
Her practice centers on meeting each person where they are, offering guidance that is respectful and tuned to individual values and goals. Beth aims to help people develop clearer perspectives, reduce emotional burden, and adopt healthier ways of responding to life’s challenges.
Approach-Oriented Online Care with Flexible Delivery
Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and creating an environment where people can feel heard and supported while exploring their concerns and personal values. This approach is useful for those seeking space to reflect and build self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, and it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Existential therapy invites reflection on meaning, choice, and responsibility, which can help people facing life transitions or grappling with purpose.Choosing the right approach is typically collaborative. The therapist will work with clients to consider their goals, preferences, and presenting issues, and then tailor a combination of methods that feels most useful. Clients and therapist together review progress and adjust strategies over time to find the best fit.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to continue work from different locations within the service area. These options allow for ongoing support and skills practice in ways that can adapt to each person's routine and needs.
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Experience
33+ years
Licensed
North Dakota, Minnesota
Languages
English