Meet Vervewell Counseling: Therapy with Heart, Edge, and Purpose in Fort Worth
“I had two pleather brown chairs for my clients to sit in while I sat on what I lovingly called my “church chair”, a teetery, wooden chair with various shades of faded and peeling paint. I splurged to purchase a black book case and a corner desk with the same black sheen. My very first office was tiny, but boy was it full of ambition, healing, and learning.”
Beth Clardy Lewis, founder and owner of what is now proudly called Vervewell Counseling, became a therapist a bit later in life than most. She didn’t start her undergraduate degree (a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from UT Dallas) until she was 31. In her twenties she was busy fronting two different original rock bands. While her stint in music began when she was in elementary school, her run in the indie rock scene of Dallas’ Deep Ellum was more reactive than performative. She was recovering from two rather big heartaches she experienced in her young 20s, which drove her to rebel first, and heal next. Using her desire to help other young adults and upcoming artists who needed the support from someone who got them, she eventually found her way into her formal education, setting off on a career path that would allow her that honor day after day: to stand in the corner of, to extend a helping hand to, other rebels and creatives who could use such TLC.
In order to help more people than the 20 or so clients who filled her pleather chairs week after week, she knew she needed to build an entire therapy group, one with counselors of like mindedness, who viewed and experienced therapy the way Beth did, and does: self care that guides each client to a relationship with themselves that not only allows their best version to lead them day after day, but one that also fosters healthy relationships with others.
Her present day therapy practice was initially called Beth Lewis Therapy Group, but as it grew, she knew she wanted to create a brand that boasted of a team of counselors and therapists who viewed life to be lived with energy, clarity and well-being. Vervewell Counseling was born.