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Connie Seth

Connie Seth

LISW

Iowa

Experienced listener and practical guide

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At a glance

Credentials
LISW
License
LISW, Iowa / 04200
Experience
30 years
Languages
English
Location
Iowa

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    • 30 years experience
    • Motivational Interviewing
    • Practical coping skills

    About Connie

    Connie Seth is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) practicing in Iowa with 30 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, mood concerns, and challenges that come from trauma and abuse. Connie aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion from the first conversation.

    She shapes sessions to the individual rather than using one fixed plan. Conversations are tailored to what the person needs right now, and goals are set together. Connie draws on methods such as Motivational Interviewing, cognitive behavioral work, and trauma-focused approaches to guide those choices.

    Expect practical, down-to-earth strategies you can use between sessions. She may introduce skills for managing intense emotions, ways to reframe unhelpful thoughts, and steps to handle life changes or caregiver stress. Sessions move at a pace the client finds manageable.

    Connie has worked across many concerns in her three decades of practice, including relationship and family stress, parenting strain, chronic illness and pain, impulsivity, and financial worries. She also supports people dealing with isolation, midlife transitions, and compassion fatigue.

    Her approach is collaborative and focused on real-life results. The therapist and client decide together on next steps and adjustments as progress is made. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and she offers steady support through that process.

  2. How therapeutic approaches shape online work

    Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way of talking that helps people resolve mixed feelings about change. It focuses on listening, asking open questions, and drawing out a person's own reasons for making shifts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete techniques to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

    Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Connie will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may change over time as needs shift.

    The practical benefits of online work can include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy life. Online options may also let people have a shorter check-in when needed or choose audio rather than video when bandwidth is limited. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking to know how sessions will be delivered.

  4. Areas of expertise

    Primary focus

    Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementDepression

    Also works with

    Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

    Additional focus areas

    AbandonmentCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

    Therapeutic approaches

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

    Experience

    30+ years

    Listed in

    Iowa

    Languages

    English

  5. Frequently asked questions

    What concerns does Connie commonly help with?

    She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, and mood disorders such as bipolar. She also addresses relationship and family strain, parenting stress, chronic illness or pain, and related issues.

    What is Connie's therapeutic style like?

    Her style is respectful and compassionate with practical focus. She tailors conversations and plans to each person's needs and emphasizes skills and steps people can use between sessions.

    How much experience does she bring?

    Connie has 30 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life challenges.

    What credential and location apply to this therapist?

    She holds an LISW, which is a Licensed Independent Social Worker, and practices in Iowa.

    In which languages are sessions offered?

    Sessions are offered in English.

    What session formats are available?

    Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be held.

    How does payment and cost work?

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

    How do I begin working with this therapist?

    Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

  6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

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