Benjamin Smith , LCSW

Benjamin Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana. He draws on a long career working across multiple settings and with diverse populations to address common and complex concerns. His practice focuses on depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, ADHD, anger challenges, relationship difficulties, family conflict, and parenting struggles. He also works with individuals who want to strengthen self-worth, build confidence, enhance athletic performance, develop coaching skills, and improve communication.

Benjamin fosters a caring, positive, respectful, safe, and non-judgmental atmosphere where clients are treated as the experts in their own lives. He uses a strength-based and client-centered stance, helping people identify and build on existing resources. His therapeutic toolkit includes Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused methods, and Motivational Interviewing, adapting tools to each person's needs.

Benjamin recognizes how difficult it can be to open up about life struggles and values the courage it takes to begin. He approaches each collaboration with attentiveness and encouragement, aiming to support and empower individuals as they pursue meaningful change. He looks forward to offering professional guidance to those who seek it.

Approaches that guide online care and collaboration

Benjamin Smith draws from client-centered therapy to place the person's perspective at the forefront, allowing goals and priorities to emerge from each individual's unique experience. This approach is useful for building trust, clarifying values, and shaping a plan that reflects what matters most to the person.

He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to change them. CBT can be particularly helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques are employed to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills, which can benefit those managing intense emotions or relationship challenges.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and is decided collaboratively. Benjamin works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals can deliver these approaches effectively through online sessions, making it possible to continue focused, evidence-informed work without requiring in-person visits.

Online therapy with Benjamin is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for scheduling, consistency for ongoing work, and accessibility for people balancing family, work, or other commitments.