Betty Guzman, LMHC

Betty@cornerstonefamilytherapy.org

(574) 651-8912

I am a licensed clinical therapist with over 23 years of experience working with children, families, and relational systems across educational, community and clinical settings. My professional background includes extensive work with children and adolescents outside of therapy settings, as well as years of focused clinical practice supporting couples, individuals, and families navigating relational challenges, trauma, and co-parenting transitions.

My work is grounded in evidence based practices and tailored to support clients in healing from past wounds, strengthening relationships, and creating meaningful, lasting change.

My approach integrates trauma-informed therapy, including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), with relational frameworks that deepen connection and emotional safety. I have advanced training in these modalities, and I use them to help clients work through painful experiences, attachment ruptures, and patterns that may be holding them back from peace and fulfillment.

A significant part of my clinical focus is couples therapy and co-parenting support. I believe that while separation and divorce end personal relationships, the parenting relationship continues. Too often, parents who once loved each other find themselves stuck in patterns of hurt, miscommunication, or conflict not recognizing the profound impact this has on their children. My goal in co-parenting work is to help families move beyond conflict, learn effective communication, and keep children’s emotional well-being at the forefront. I work collaboratively with clients to foster respectful co-parenting communication, reduce emotional reactivity, and build structures that support children through transition.

I use a strengths-based, empathetic, and goal-oriented style in therapy that helps clients:

  • build insight and awareness into relational and emotional patterns,

  • develop emotion regulation and stress management skills,

  • repair attachment ruptures,

  • restore trust and connection,

  • co-parent with purpose and presence,

  • and heal from developmental and relational trauma.

My clinical values are rooted in respect, intentionality, and safety, creating a supportive space where clients feel heard, validated, and empowered to make change. I take pride in helping people find resilience, growth, and hope through both life’s everyday struggles and its greatest challenges.

When I’m not in session, I enjoy reading, spending time in nature, and being with family. My life outside of work including being a wife, mother, and grandmother, continually enriches and informs my work with clients.

Special Trainings: Emotion Focused Therapy, Gottman, EMDR, and IFS