I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in southeastern Utah with 10+ years of experience working with teens and adults. Six of these years have been in clinical practice. Some of the therapeutic needs I have been presented with during this time have included: individual and generational trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, traumatic brain injury, attachment issues, loss and grief issues, guilt and mental health crises.
My interest in mental health and behavioral therapy was greatly influenced during my employment as a drug and suicide prevention program director for a company on the Navajo Nation. During my 5 years with this company, my team and I were nationally recognized for our work developing experiential-based programs for at-risk youth that included summer camps, youth businesses, equine therapy and high ropes courses. I appreciated the opportunities and training in multi-cultural sensitivity, trauma-based therapeutic approaches and program development I received here.
After this, I worked as a medical social worker in a hospital and a homecare and hospice company, concurrently. While here, my work ranged from connecting people with needed resources to intense mental health crisis counseling in the emergency room. I believe we are all products of our closest relationships, our environment, our family systems and every moment that leads to the present us. I strive to treat the therapeutic relationship, and you, with compassion, respect and warmth.
My therapy style depends on what each person I am working with needs in a particular moment. Just as you might fall and scrape your knee in one instance, or be involved in a serious accident in another, our mental health approaches need to be flexible and effective based on what is being experienced. That said, I draw from Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems, Emotional Freedom Technique, Trauma-Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. A top priority for me is to meet you where you are and provide an environment and treatment options that will work best for us as we work together to meet your goals.
It takes a lot of strength and will power to make needed changes in your life. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support you.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Anger management, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Drug and alcohol addiction, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
UT LCSW 9307740-3501
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Benjamin has an exceptional demeanor, is easy to talk with and instills trust.
Written on Dec 18, 2024 after therapy with Benjamin for 4 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and career difficulties
Benjamin is a great therapist!
Written on Oct 31, 2024 after therapy with Benjamin for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Kind and understanding.
Written on Oct 28, 2024 after therapy with Benjamin for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
He is an awesome help and offers really good perspective when it seems like nothing makes sense.
Written on Sep 09, 2024 after therapy with Benjamin for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Benjamin is very good at listening and getting to the root of the issue. He is very experienced and has many tools to give you to help you cope with whatever is happening in your mind/life. Couldn’t recommend him enough.
Written on Sep 01, 2024 after therapy with Benjamin for 1 month on issues concerning addictions, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Ben is simply the greatest!
Written on Aug 07, 2024 after therapy with Benjamin for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and sleeping disorders