Camren Bento, LPC

Camren Bento is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin who uses practical, skills-based methods to help people manage stress and anxiety. He draws on three years of clinical experience and a background in psychology and clinical mental health counseling. Camren emphasizes respectful, compassionate care and works to make the first steps into therapy straightforward and manageable.

He served six years in the United States Army before completing a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. That combination of life experience and formal training informs his calm, down-to-earth style. He speaks plain language and focuses on what a person can do between sessions to feel more steady.

Camren blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment strategies and emotion-focused work. That mix helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and build more satisfying emotional connections. He tailors the plan to each person’s goals rather than applying one fixed method.

Typical areas he addresses include relationship concerns, coping with life changes, communication problems, and issues around self-esteem, guilt, and shame. He also has experience related to veteran and armed forces issues and brings that understanding into session when it’s relevant.

Sessions can include skill-building, mindfulness practice, communication work, and practical action steps to try between meetings. Camren encourages people to take small, manageable steps and checks in on progress over time.

How CBT and ACT work in online sessions

Camren commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life behavior. CBT helps when anxiety or stress is driven by patterns of thinking that lead to difficult feelings or avoidance.

He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small actions that matter to them. ACT pairs mindfulness exercises with practical steps so people can live toward what matters despite uncomfortable feelings.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Camren will talk through goals and preferences and then try methods that suit the person. If something isn’t fitting, adjustments are made so sessions stay useful and aligned with what the person hopes to change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for real-time conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy days.