About Celena
Celena Benjamin is a licensed mental health counselor based in Florida who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, ADHD, and phobias. She works with concerns like parenting strain, relationship problems, grief, trauma, sleep trouble, and addictions. Her approach aims to build practical coping skills and clearer goals so daily life feels more manageable.
She uses a collaborative, interactive style that centers the client's strengths. Sessions begin by looking at current coping habits, boundaries, and what already works.
Background and approach
From there she helps clients pick small, doable actions to shift their routines and surroundings. Celena draws on straightforward methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to address thinking patterns and emotional reactions. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and motivate change.
Dialectical methods supply tools for emotion regulation when feelings feel overwhelming. With 27 years of experience the therapist focuses on concrete skill-building rather than long lectures. Sessions include listening, questions, and practical planning so clients leave with next steps.
Treatment plans are adapted to each person’s needs and goals. She emphasizes making changes in a person’s environment and daily habits as part of recovery. People who want hands-on skills, clear action plans, and steady guidance may find this approach helpful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It helps people who feel stuck by clarifying what matters and taking small steps toward those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. It is useful for panic, phobias, sleep issues, and mood disorders. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation, which supports stress, anger, and chronic worry.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their situation, goals, and preferences. Over a few sessions she will adjust techniques and the pace based on what is helpful and what is not.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varying needs. Video calls allow a full face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick coping support, homework prompts, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it easier to continue consistent work on anxiety, phobias, and life changes without major disruption to daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Vermont
- Languages
- English
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