Beth Butterworth, LCSW

About Beth

Beth Butterworth brings 21 years of mental health and wellness experience to Olive Tree Family Counseling, along with a clinical background that is genuinely uncommon. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, an LCSW Qualified Supervisor, and a licensed massage therapist — a combination that did not come from a career plan so much as from curiosity. Years of working simultaneously in clinical mental health and therapeutic bodywork revealed something she could not ignore: the body and the mind are not separate systems, and treating them that way leaves too much on the table. That insight has shaped her practice ever since.

Beth has served an exceptionally wide range of populations across her career, including adults with intellectual disabilities, ICU patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals navigating substance use recovery, and older adults managing the complexities of aging. That breadth of experience gives her an ability to meet people in genuinely difficult, unglamorous circumstances without flinching.

Clinical Approach

Beth's approach is organized around a mind/body/spirit framework — the conviction that psychological pain lives in the whole person, not just in thought patterns, and that healing has to reach all three dimensions to hold. She draws on Motivational Interviewing, holistic and integrative methods, cognitive approaches, art therapy, and group therapy depending on what the person in front of her needs most.

She describes herself as a solution-focused clinician, which means her attention is on the strengths a person already carries rather than on cataloging what is wrong. The work she does is collaborative by design. She is not directing traffic from a professional distance; she is working alongside the people she serves, helping them apply what they already have to the challenges they are facing. That posture comes through clearly in how she closes her introductions: "You are in the driver's seat."

Faith is a welcome part of that framework. Beth's whole-person approach has always included the spiritual dimension as a genuine resource, not an add-on, and that aligns directly with the integrative philosophy at the heart of Olive Tree Family Counseling.

Areas of Focus

Beth has a particular depth of experience with older adults and the specific transitions that come with aging — supporting clients in remaining in their homes, adjusting to new medical diagnoses, planning for future care needs, and caring for caregivers who are often depleted themselves. She also works with people reintegrating after cancer treatment or other significant medical events, where the clinical and emotional terrain is layered in ways that general counseling often underestimates.

Beyond those specialized areas, Beth sees clients navigating general anxiety and depression and the wide range of life transitions that do not fit a tidy category. Whatever brought someone to her office, her goal is the same: to help them move forward with more clarity, more resilience, and a fuller sense of their own capacity.