Some things need more than general support
Specialized therapy for trauma, relationships, and high-conflict family dynamics · NC · VA · WI
General therapy is valuable. But some experiences — the kind that reshape how you attach, how you trust, and how you show up in relationships — call for a therapist with specific knowledge and genuine understanding.
Beth McErlean brings over a decade of real-world experience across child protective services, community health, and the criminal justice system to two areas of deep clinical specialization. If you or your family are navigating either of the situations below, you’re in the right place.
TRAUMA AND RELATIONSHIPS
When the past keeps showing up in the present
So many of the struggles people bring to therapy — the conflict that never resolves, the distance that keeps growing, the patterns that repeat no matter how much they try — aren’t really about the relationship. They’re about what came before it.
Childhood experiences, difficult past relationships, loss, trauma, and mental health challenges like anxiety and trauma all shape how we attach, communicate, and love. Therapy is where that begins to change.
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Childhood trauma & attachment wounds
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Anxiety & bipolar disorder in relationships
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Patterns that repeat across relationships
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Emotional dysregulation & trust
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Healing relational wounds from the past
HIGH-CONFLICT DIVORCE & CO-PARENTING
Your children deserve parents who can find a way forward
Divorce is one of the most painful experiences a family can go through — and when it’s high-conflict, the toll on everyone, especially children, can be profound. You don’t have to like your co-parent to be an effective one.
Beth McErlean brings direct child protective services experience to this work — a clinical lens most therapists in this space simply don’t have.
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High-conflict divorce counseling
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Co-parenting communication & conflict
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Protecting children during separation
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Healing after divorce
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Blended family transitions
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Trauma & relationships
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Childhood trauma & attachment
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Bipolar disorder and other Mental Health & relationships
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Anxiety
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Emotional dysregulation
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High-conflict divorce
Why these two areas?
These aren’t arbitrary specialties — they reflect more than a decade of work inside systems where these struggles are most visible and most urgent. Before becoming a therapist, Beth worked in child protective services and the criminal justice system. She has seen firsthand what unaddressed trauma does to families, and what high-conflict separation does to children. That experience is why she does this work — and why she’s particularly equipped to help.
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Co-parenting counseling
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Protecting children from conflict
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Healing after separation
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Blended family support
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Trust & emotional safety
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Relational patterns