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Betsy Nettleton(She/Her/Hers)

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Psychologist, PsyD
North CarolinaAlabamaArizonaArkansas
Anxiety -Attachment issues- Depression- Life transitions- Relationship issues-Sensitivity-

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Professional statement

Betsy Nettleton is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over twenty years of experience. She works with people who feel persistently off: not necessarily in crisis, but carrying something heavy that doesn't lift, something painful that understanding alone hasn't quite reached. Her work suits people who sense that something in their inner life resists explanation and who would like to look at it more carefully.

Rather than offering strategies, Betsy's work slows things down. She pays close attention to what's happening as it happens: the moment you lose the thread mid-sentence, the unease after a conversation you can't explain away, the pattern that keeps showing up in relationships despite your best efforts to change it. The work is careful and unhurried, and it goes deeper than symptom relief.

Over time, patterns that have been hard to name become visible. That shift tends to be foundational. It changes not just how clients feel, but how they relate, choose, and inhabit their lives.


Message to clients

Therapy is about coming to know your own mind: who you are, how you feel, and how you move through the world. I help people explore the aspects of themselves that are often unseen, overlooked, or difficult to name, so that change can emerge from a deeper understanding rather than just from coping strategies or conscious striving.

I have been in advanced psychoanalytic training since 2017 and bring over 20 years of experience helping people discover themselves on a fundamental, authentic level. I work with people who are curious and thoughtful, and I create a calm, attentive space where this kind of understanding is possible.

I help people explore the experiences that resist understanding: the patterns, tensions, and internal habits that shape how you feel and relate to others. In sessions, I follow what's actually happening in the room: what you notice, what you circle back to, where you go quiet, what shifts between us. I offer my observations and reflections on what I'm noticing. Not directions or solutions, but a kind of careful attention. This attunement helps give words and meaning to what previously just felt "there" and unchangeable or even indescribable.

When patterns can be seen rather than just felt or lived on autopilot, something opens up. The same choices don't feel quite so automatic. Relationships start to make more sense. You find yourself responding differently without having to try so hard.


Work and Education

Years of Experience: 20 years

Private Practice, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, 2008 - Present
Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Training Candidate, 2017 - Present

Chicago School of Professional Psychology, PsyD - Doctor of Psychology, 2006
University of Minnesota, BS Biology, 1997

Licensure

Illinois: 071007496 - Alabama: 14884 - Arizona: 14884 - Arkansas: 14884 - Colorado: 14884 - Connecticut: 14884 - Delaware: 14884 - Washington DC: 14884 - Florida: 14884 - Georgia: 14884 - Idaho: 14884 - Indiana: 14884 - Kansas: 14884 - Kentucky: 14884 - Maine: 14884 - Maryland: 14884 - Michigan: 14884 - Minnesota: 14884 - Mississippi: 14884 - Missouri: 14884 - Nebraska: 14884 - Nevada: 14884 - New Hampshire: 14884 - New Jersey: 14884 - North Carolina: 14884 - North Dakota: 14884 - Ohio: 14884 - Oklahoma: 14884 - Pennsylvania: 14884 - Rhode Island: 14884 - South Carolina: 14884 - South Dakota: 14884 - Tennessee: 14884 - Texas: 14884 - Utah: 14884 - Virginia: 14884 - Washington: 14884 - West Virginia: 14884 - Wisconsin: 14884 - Wyoming: 14884

Languages

English

Specialties

Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings; sudden and intense feelings of panic; ruminative or obsessional thoughts

Attachment issues - Helping understand how early relational connections impact ways of connecting in the present, sorting through how and why relationships feel safe or more challenging

Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life

Life transitions - Coping with difficult or impactful life changes, such as moving to a new area, relationship transitions, child rearing, or career changes

Relationship issues - Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships (past and present); exploring patterns of interaction, making sense of important connections within the therapy relationship

Sensitivity - Developing an understanding of one’s sensitivity, including exploring what evokes intense emotional reactions; practicing self-compassion; working to make sense of reactivity




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)

Locations & Hours


Insurance

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO

Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions:$180 (55min)

Additional session information

Out-of-network billing options

This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:

  • Super billing
Payment options
  • PayPal
  • Zelle
Session frequency

Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.

  • Weekly
  • Multiple times a week
  • As needed
Therapist's note

I am in-network for Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO. This means I am in-network for all state Blue Cross Blue Shield plans if they are PPO plans.


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