About Celena
Celena Benjamin is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, ADHD, addictions, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. She guides clients through practical steps to cope with life changes, improve sleep, and address anger or career worries. Celena brings 27 years of experience to each session and speaks English.
Celena uses a hands-on style that mixes listening with targeted questions. She starts by exploring a person’s coping patterns, strengths, and boundaries.
How Celena works
That helps her and the client set focused goals and build clear action plans. Her work emphasizes skill building. Clients practice tools for managing intense feelings, improving communication, and handling impulses.
She also helps people reorganize parts of their environment when that will support lasting change. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs. Celena adapts techniques from behavioral and mindfulness approaches to match what a client prefers and needs to reach their goals.
She guides the development of routines and strategies that can be used between sessions. Over time she helps clients strengthen coping skills, set boundaries, and regain a sense of direction or purpose. Her approach is collaborative and focused on making real, achievable changes in daily life.
Celena lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Celena works with
The areas below are the ones Celena selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
What therapy looks like online with practical approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions tied to their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or compulsions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a strong therapeutic relationship so people feel heard and can find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit your life. Video calls let you see nonverbal cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support brief updates, on-the-go coaching, or ongoing practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on progress and skill building.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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