Felicia Bates, LCSW
Licensed in Indiana · 24 years in practice
Felicia Bates is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience helping people face hard moments.
License and registration
- LCSW, Indiana
- 34007676A · expires April 2026
- LCSW, Maine
- LC22065 · expires January 2027
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC06202200 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1760674634 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
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About Felicia
Felicia Bates is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience helping people face hard moments. She practices in Indiana and brings steady, practical support for those dealing with family stress, grief, trauma, mood struggles, and life transitions. She meets people where they are and adapts sessions to individual needs.
Conversations focus on what matters now and on small, doable steps that build confidence and coping skills. Felicia aims for a calm, respectful tone and clear plans rather than jargon or heavy theory.
Background and approach
Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and relationship problems. She also helps people wrestling with abandonment issues, blended family dynamics, loss from illness, and the fallout from separation or domestic violence. Felicia uses several approaches to guide her work.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Mindfulness practices and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy support emotion regulation and tolerance of distress.
Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s pace. Clients can expect practical tools, chances to practice new ways of relating, and ongoing review of what is or isn’t working. Felicia’s style is straightforward, compassionate, and focused on real-life change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Felicia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Felicia names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name what matters most and take steps toward those values even when emotions are hard. It is useful for life changes, motivation, and coping with persistent worry or sadness.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. It often includes practical exercises between sessions to practice new ways of thinking and acting.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. These practices can ease stress, improve attention, and support emotion regulation across many life situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full session with face-to-face conversation, phone can fit shorter check-ins or low bandwidth, and messaging or chat can support quick check-ins, coaching, or ongoing support between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, stress, parenting challenges, career concerns, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are practical and collaborative. She uses clear language, tailors plans to each person, and focuses on coping skills and small, achievable steps.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 24 years of professional experience working with a range of life challenges and transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and practices in Indiana with licensure also documented in Maine and New Jersey.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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