Jean Bennett, LMHC

Jean Bennett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, and concerns tied to LGBTQ issues. Her style is calm and down-to-earth, which helps people feel at ease quickly.

She aims to make sessions simple and practical. Conversations focus on the problem at hand and on building realistic options to create change. Jean avoids jargon and helps people name feelings, notice patterns, and try small experiments between sessions.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas alongside client-centered and emotionally focused practices. That means she helps people examine unhelpful thoughts, express emotions that matter, and steer toward choices that match their values. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also inform how she supports motivation and stress management.

Jean has supported people facing substance concerns, panic and mood disorders, chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, and issues stemming from family of origin. She also helps with intimacy-related struggles, self-esteem, career worries, and the fallout of discrimination or sexual assault.

Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Jean listens without judgment, helps set clear goals, and works with each person to try new coping skills. Her aim is to empower people to make steady, manageable changes that improve daily life.

How Jean Uses Therapy Methods Online

Jean draws heavily on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered approaches when working online. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. Client-centered work focuses on listening, showing acceptance, and helping people find their own solutions through conversation.

She also uses emotionally focused ideas to help people notice and express important feelings. That approach is useful for sorting through relationship stress, intimacy-related worries, or emotional reactions after trauma. Mindfulness techniques may be added to help manage stress and increase moment-to-moment awareness when needed.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they choose methods and adjust them as progress is made so the work fits real life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is low, and messaging or chat allow for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and keep consistent momentum.