Betty Eastman, LCSW and Associates, Inc. - (757) 868-0072

Comprehensive, Confidential Therapy and Psychological Testing for Individuals, Couples, and Family. Group Sessions are available!

Betty Eastman's decision to become a therapist was very personal — it had to do with her father’s reaction after spending two tours in the Vietnam War.

He had PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) because of the war. Her family grew up with his erratic behavior.

One time, she and her father were driving down the road and he made Betty get out of the car and into the ditch because he thought he saw something. He was having a flashback and he was trying to keep Betty safe. Other times he would wake the whole family in the middle of the night when he felt threatened.

A communications major in college, Betty decided that what she really wanted to do was to go to graduate school to help people. It was while working on her master’s degree in social work that she learned about PTSD, and realized that was what her father was suffering from when she was a little girl. She could have helped him if she had known about PTSD then.

Now she feels the most kinship with adolescent girls, which is her specialty. She has been in practice since 1996 and is now owner of Betty Eastman, LCSW, and Associates, Inc. Her perspective on therapy is that all of life is united and interrelated through a connection of body, mind and spirit. She works with clients to bring all of these forces into harmony through Christian-based counseling.

Tags: Psychologist,Counseling & Mental Health