01 · Who Cybele works with

Cybele works with stress, Anxiety, LGBT and relationship issues

Cybele lists 16 specialisms and 11 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Cybele chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Cybele's own words

What Cybele says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Hi, I’m an LCSW therapist with 15 years of clinical psychotherapy practice and a massage therapy practice before that. I've been caring about people's health and wellness for a long time. I work hard to offer excellent therapy services to every client. You should feel heard and honored your sessions, with a good balance of supportive therapeutic presence and structured therapeutic work. We will build rapport together and use evidence-based treatments to best serve your needs. Together we will build your coping and life skills toolbox and create your best future.

I enjoy assisting people with a variety of issues including anxiety, work stress, life transitions, depression, and communication skills, among others. I find it very rewarding providing support for other professionals in health care fields. I have specialty training to support traumatic grief and bereavement. You will also find me very well-trained in many therapeutic modalities, including CBT, DBT, somatic work, several trauma-focused approaches, mindfulness, depth therapy, Gottman Method, IFS, and more. I am a bit of a unicorn in that I am studied in female phenotype high-masking autism. I'd like assist you in being kinder to yourself and having your life feeling and functioning better than when you start working with me.

I will say up front that I do not think significant suicidality and BetterHelp are a good clinical fit. I have worked with many many suicidal clients and even spent years working in psych hospitals, day treatment, and IOPs, but on this platform I won't be able to take on clients who are facing significant safety challenges of suicidal ideation or self harm. I would encourage you to find in-person therapy resources or local therapy practices.

Respecting diversity and understanding social justice is very important to me, and I strive to be culturally competent for a range of client backgrounds. I lived in a lot of places in the US and bring a lot of NYC and LA flavor to sessions, yet I have worked to understand Utahn cultures. I work with a lot of people in the kink, ENM/poly, and social activist communities, yet also a fair amount of quite conservative Utahns. I definitely work with a lot of people who identify as LGBTQ+.

I look forward to meeting you. Please know that online therapy can be hugely effective for you. Let’s get started.

Cybele Blood, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Cybele works

The 7 approaches Cybele lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Cybele lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Cybele's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Cybele runs a session.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

The Gottman Method

A couples approach built on decades of observational research into what distinguishes relationships that last. Structured and assessment-led: it maps friendship, conflict and shared meaning, then works on the specific mechanics of how the two of you argue.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

Internal Family SystemsIFS

Treats the mind as made up of parts - the critic, the one who withdraws, the one that keeps everything running - each of which is trying to protect you. The work is getting to know them rather than overruling them.

Also listed

• Existential Therapy
• Somatic Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Cybele practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Cybele's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Cybele at this point.

2. Naming Cybele specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Cybele is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Cybele.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

4 questions worth asking Cybele

Built from what Cybele actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Cybele's - Cybele has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 15 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LCSW

Licensed in

Utah

Licence

UT LCSW 8926508-3501

Licence number

8926508-3501

Licence expires

30 Sep 2028

NPI

1326606849

Years in practice

15

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Cybele's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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