Celena Benjamin, LMHC, LCMHC

Celena Benjamin is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and parenting or relationship struggles. She works with clients to address sleep problems, addictions, ADHD, grief, anger, and life changes. She brings 27 years of experience to her work and uses straightforward, practical methods to help people make changes.

Her style is interactive and focused on learning each person's coping strengths and limits. Sessions begin by identifying current skills, patterns, and boundaries. She listens closely and asks focused questions to keep conversations on track toward clear goals.

She uses a mix of approaches to build new skills and plans. That includes cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity, and acceptance-based techniques to clarify values and next steps. She adapts these methods to each person's situation.

Therapy with her emphasizes concrete action - testing new behaviors, changing small parts of daily life, and strengthening communication where relationships are strained. She also helps people develop relapse prevention and coping plans for addiction and mood-related concerns.

Her work often focuses on practical problem solving for career stress, parenting strain, caregiver burden, and the isolation that can come with mental health conditions. She tailors treatment plans to each person and supports step-by-step progress toward their goals.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy is about listening and following the client's lead while offering empathy and acceptance to help people explore their concerns and values. It helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk through life stressors or relational difficulties.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress and then testing small changes to improve mood and functioning. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many daily-life problems because it gives practical tools and experiments to try between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take committed action toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. This can be helpful for trauma recovery, coping with chronic distress, and making changes that matter long term.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and checks in to see what is helping and what needs changing.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Therapists can use structured exercises, skills practice, and behavioral experiments just as they do in person, helping clients carry new habits into daily life.