Celena Benjamin, LMHC, LCMHC

Celena Benjamin is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, ADHD, grief, and relationship and family concerns. She listens closely and asks focused questions to clarify what matters most. Her aim is to translate struggles into concrete next steps. She brings 27 years of experience and practical problem-solving to each session.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and mindfulness approaches. Sessions often begin by looking at a person’s current coping styles, strengths, skills, and boundaries. From there she works with clients to build skills and small action plans that fit daily life.

Her style is interactive and goal-oriented. She balances careful listening with targeted questions to help clients stay focused on agreed goals. Many sessions emphasize building skills for emotion regulation, communication, and behavior change.

Celena believes that some changes outside the therapy room help people move forward. She collaborates on ways to adjust relationships, routines, and environments to support healing and growth. Plans are tailored to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all method.

People who prefer practical strategies and a steady, engaged therapist may find this approach helpful. Celena adapts pace and techniques to suit different needs, from short-term problem solving to longer work on life changes and trauma recovery.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and ADHD-related routine challenges. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and take committed steps even when difficult emotions appear; it can help with stress, grief, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building an empathic relationship so clients feel heard while they work through problems.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try approaches that fit those priorities and adjust methods as progress is measured and new needs arise.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited travel options. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or being on camera is difficult, live chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit skill practice and regular check-ins into work, caregiving, or school schedules.