Betsey Lebow, MA is an LMFT, licensed in CA, CT, and NY.
She is a Certified Discernment Counselor (DC) as well as a Discernment Counseling Advanced Practitioner. What does that mean? In the first cohort, she trained with Founder William J. Doherty, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Doherty Thomas, MS for a year, honing her DC skills. Consulting with Bill and Elizabeth was an invigorating experience.
How Betsey can help and support you as a therapist? She is offering online consultations to support your learning and growth, ESPECIALLY AS YOU NAVIGATE THE LAUNCH OF THE TOTALLY REVAMPED TRAINING (SUMMER ‘25). In these consultations she will answer questions about the training/protocol as well as specific questions about your cases (if you’re certified and taking DC cases).
The first time Betsey heard about DC was when she met Bill in NY while he was presenting to a local group of couples therapists. “Pretty much everything he said resonated with me.” Many couples ‘rush into’ divorce without a clear understanding about how they got there. Couples also ‘try’ couples therapy (while one of them is actually leaning out) and it doesn’t work. Bill’s protocol to help these couples thoughtfully decide how to proceed made so much sense to her! She’s been training and practicing DC ever since.
Here’s what Betsey has been offering since October 2023:
There is exciting news in the Discernment Counseling world! Late this summer (2025) an ENTIRELY REDESIGNED course will be released. It is available to anyone who has purchase the course as well as to all new trainees.
For both current DC trainees and fully trained Discernment Counselors Betsey is offering to help and clarify the protocol as they’re learning, or to help with specific guidance in case consultations.
For both trainees and certified DC-ers Betsey offers private consultations as well groups of four:
Private consultations: $250/hr. Times available will be Thursdays 12-1 (ET). Additional times may become available.
Groups of four (There is currently room in this group) The cost is $100 per person for each full hour consultation. The group will meet twice a month on Tuesdays 12-1pm Eastern Time. The fee of $500 for the five sessions is to be paid upfront. Each participant may re-commit after every five sessions. The goal of these groups is to learn and grow together as well as to develop a DC community of colleagues.
If need be, Betsey will separate groups by people who are newly training from those who are in need of case consultation
Please email Betsey at BetseyLMFT@gmail.com to set up a time to meet or if you have any questions about her consultations.