About BenTia
BenTia Andrews is a licensed clinical social worker in Mississippi with 10 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. BenTia aims to make the first step feel manageable and encouraging.
She approaches sessions as a joint effort where the client is the expert in their own life. She looks for strengths a person already has and builds on them.
How BenTia works
Conversations are steady and goal-oriented, with attention to what the client wants to change. BenTia has worked with people facing issues tied to attachment and abandonment, and those coping with avoidant or dependent personality patterns. She also supports clients dealing with communication problems, control issues, and the fallout from domestic violence.
Her background includes work related to drug and alcohol addiction and mood disorders. Other topics she addresses include guilt and shame, forgiveness, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, and questions about life purpose. Multicultural concerns are part of her practice, and she recognizes how culture shapes experience and meaning.
Sessions are offered in English and BenTia accepts international clients. She encourages small first steps and helps people map a path forward that fits their life and goals.
What BenTia works with
The areas below are the ones BenTia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online therapy
BenTia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world change. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then practices new ways of responding to stress and mood problems. This style is useful for anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.She also works with attachment-related concerns by exploring how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and connections. That work can help people understand fear of abandonment, communication struggles, and avoidant or dependent patterns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. BenTia will listen to your goals and preferences and help choose techniques that fit your needs. She adjusts the work over time so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles while keeping the focus on progress and clear next steps.
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