About Lyndia
Lyndia Benion is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 40 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles. She practices in Alabama and focuses on everyday problems that can feel overwhelming. Lyndia aims to make therapy straightforward and practical so people can start feeling steadier sooner.
Her approach blends practical tools and talk. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer thinking.
How Lyndia works
Mindfulness strategies help clients notice feelings without being driven by them. Solution-focused work concentrates on small, achievable changes that add up. Lyndia has long experience supporting people through loss, major life changes, and substance use concerns.
She helps with issues such as abandonment, blended family tensions, infidelity, guilt and shame, and problems tied to veteran and armed forces experiences. She also works with parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, and grief reactions. Sessions emphasize clear goals and steady progress.
Lyndia listens first, then suggests practical steps, coping skills, and short exercises to try between meetings. She encourages building routines that reduce stress and make relationships calmer. Clients can expect direct communication about what’s working and what needs adjusting.
Lyndia combines acceptance-based ideas with cognitive-behavioral methods to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Her style is calm, experienced, and focused on realistic change.
Lyndia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Lyndia works with
The areas below are the ones Lyndia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and still take steps toward what matters. It teaches small actions that match personal values, which can ease stress and improve motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thought patterns that feed anxiety or depression. It uses clear exercises and homework so people see gradual progress between sessions.
Client-centered therapy emphasizes being heard and understood. The therapist offers empathic listening and supports each person’s own pace of change, which complements more directive tools like CBT and ACT.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Lyndia will talk through options and tailor methods to a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She often combines techniques so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online therapy can fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and full conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer flexible, ongoing contact and quick check-ins between meetings. These formats make it easier to use therapy during work breaks, while traveling, or when a written reflection feels more helpful.
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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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