About Benjamin
Benjamin Nielson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah. He uses practical, person-centered methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and other tough life moments. He emphasizes compassion and calm in sessions and aims to create a straightforward plan that fits each person's needs.
Benjamin brings six years of clinical practice to his work. He draws on approaches like mindfulness, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide conversations and set concrete goals.
How Benjamin works
Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings so progress continues outside the session time. Before clinical practice, Benjamin spent years directing a drug and suicide prevention program on the Navajo Nation. That work involved experiential programs for at-risk youth, including camps, youth businesses, equine activities, and high ropes courses.
Those roles shaped his attention to cultural sensitivity and hands-on program design. He also worked as a medical social worker for hospital and homecare and hospice settings. That background included connecting people with resources and crisis counseling in emergency situations.
Those experiences influenced his focus on grief, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and complex medical and caregiving stress. Benjamin adapts his style to what someone needs in the moment, shifting between gentle exploration and practical coaching. He aims to meet people where they are with warmth and respect, and to help them take the next steps toward clearer choices and improved daily functioning.
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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
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy helps people understand how early relationships influence current patterns and emotional responses; online sessions can use that focus to map relationship patterns and build new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills such as thought records and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and reshaping emotional responses to improve closeness and regulation in relationships.Choosing a method is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels useful, then try approaches that match those needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, while phone sessions may work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, flexible touchpoints during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health routines while keeping a consistent path toward goals.
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