About Benjamin
Benjamin (Ben) Keplar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana. He focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and life changes. Ben centers sessions on respect and listening so people can set the pace and work toward their goals.
Ben uses straightforward, collaborative methods drawn from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. He mixes tools to match where someone is and what they want to change.
How Benjamin works
Sessions emphasize skills, clearer thinking, and small steps that add up over time. He has five years of clinical experience working in mental health and addictions settings. That background includes supporting people with caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, grief, trauma and abuse, and co-occurring concerns like substance use and depression.
Ben also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and challenges around identity and LGBT concerns. People come to him for help with parenting stress, career pressures, anger, impulsivity, and issues like abandonment or infidelity. He also offers support around alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink without judgment.
The work is collaborative and goal-oriented, with practical strategies to improve day-to-day functioning. Ben emphasizes compassion over shame. He avoids negative labels and focuses on building skills, increasing awareness, and moving toward a healthier, more satisfying life.
Benjamin lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Benjamin works with
The areas below are the ones Benjamin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
How Ben's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening, respect, and using the client's own goals to guide sessions. In practice this means Ben starts by asking what matters most, then shapes sessions around those priorities to keep progress practical and manageable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Ben uses CBT to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments to change behavior and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills are useful for anger, impulsivity, relationship conflicts, and emotional overwhelm.
Ben approaches finding the right way to work as a team effort. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. From there he recommends a mix of approaches and checks in regularly to adjust the plan together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is good for a face-to-face feel, phone works well when lower bandwidth or mobility is an issue, live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins or when typing helps express things. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work or caregiving schedules and let people pick what feels most practical for them.
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