Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Benia Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Master of Social Work degree from Fordham University in New York with an emphasis in children, youth, and families. Benia completed her bachelor’s degree in Social Work at Lehman College, Bronx, NY.
Benia began her career working with children and families in the New York City foster care system. She went on to work with incarcerated women with severe mental illness, facilitating personal empowerment and psychoeducation groups and providing individual counseling. In addition, she was a clinical supervisor, in which she provided clinical supervision for Master level Social Workers.
Her areas of expertise include, stress, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, family/relationship issues, personal growth, and LGBTQ+ related issues. She especially enjoys working with adolescents and young adults. As a lesbian who has been working with the LGBTQ+ community on a professional basis for over ten years. This background provides me with unique expertise on issues that tend to be a part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender experience.
Benia believes that healing is a collaborative endeavor that requires honest caring without judgment, and cooperatively assists her clients in clarifying their goals for treatment. Rather than adopting one methodology for all individuals and issues, she draws from a variety of methods to create a tailored approach for each individual and situation. As a therapist, she is warm, open, encouraging, and direct. Benia considers herself an active therapist, combining experience, education, creativity, and sense of humor with a down-to-earth, realistic approach to counseling.
Your story, your pain, and your collection of struggles are unique to you. There is no one size fits all approach to therapy. Together, we will spend time understanding exactly what you are experiencing and why, so that when you start making changes that improve your life, they will stick.
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Benia Thomas is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York who brings twelve years of professional experience to her work. She earned a Master of Social Work from Fordham University in New York with an emphasis on children, youth, and families, and completed her bachelor’s degree in social work at Lehman College in the Bronx.
She began her career supporting children and families within the New York City foster care system and later provided counseling and psychoeducation to incarcerated women living with severe mental illness, facilitating personal empowerment groups as well as individual therapy. In addition to direct clinical work, she served as a clinical supervisor, offering supervision to Master-level social workers.
Her clinical interests include stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, family and relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting challenges, anger management, self-esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She especially enjoys working with adolescents and young adults. As a lesbian who has worked with the LGBTQ+ community professionally for over ten years, she brings informed perspective to issues that commonly affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer clients.
Benia approaches healing as a collaborative process rooted in honest, nonjudgmental care and clear goal-setting. Rather than relying on a single method, she blends techniques from multiple approaches to tailor treatment to each person’s needs. Colleagues and clients can expect a warm, open, encouraging, and direct clinician who combines clinical experience, creativity, education, and a sense of humor with a practical, down-to-earth style. She focuses on understanding a person’s unique story so that the changes they make are meaningful and enduring.
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One of the main advantages is convenience. Clients can connect with therapists in the format that works best for them – video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or in-app messaging – which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
Sessions are provided by licensed professionals, and if someone decides they need a different therapeutic fit they can switch therapists at any time. Online therapy offers flexible access to care while maintaining clinical standards of treatment, making it a practical option for many seeking support.
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