Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in southeastern Utah with 10+ years of experience working with teens and adults. Six of these years have been in clinical practice. Some of the therapeutic needs I have been presented with during this time have included: individual and generational trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, traumatic brain injury, attachment issues, loss and grief issues, guilt and mental health crises.
My interest in mental health and behavioral therapy was greatly influenced during my employment as a drug and suicide prevention program director for a company on the Navajo Nation. During my 5 years with this company, my team and I were nationally recognized for our work developing experiential-based programs for at-risk youth that included summer camps, youth businesses, equine therapy and high ropes courses. I appreciated the opportunities and training in multi-cultural sensitivity, trauma-based therapeutic approaches and program development I received here.
After this, I worked as a medical social worker in a hospital and a homecare and hospice company, concurrently. While here, my work ranged from connecting people with needed resources to intense mental health crisis counseling in the emergency room. I believe we are all products of our closest relationships, our environment, our family systems and every moment that leads to the present us. I strive to treat the therapeutic relationship, and you, with compassion, respect and warmth.
My therapy style depends on what each person I am working with needs in a particular moment. Just as you might fall and scrape your knee in one instance, or be involved in a serious accident in another, our mental health approaches need to be flexible and effective based on what is being experienced. That said, I draw from Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems, Emotional Freedom Technique, Trauma-Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. A top priority for me is to meet you where you are and provide an environment and treatment options that will work best for us as we work together to meet your goals.
It takes a lot of strength and will power to make needed changes in your life. If you are ready to take that step, I am here to support you.
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Benjamin Nielson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (UT LCSW 9307740-3501) based in southeastern Utah who brings over a decade of experience working with teens and adults, including six years in clinical practice. He has supported people facing individual and generational trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, traumatic brain injury, attachment difficulties, loss and grief, guilt, and acute mental health crises.
His interest in behavioral health developed while serving as a drug and suicide prevention program director for a company on the Navajo Nation. During five years in that role, his team received national recognition for developing experiential programs for at-risk youth, including summer camps, youth businesses, equine therapy, and high ropes courses. That work also offered training in multicultural sensitivity, trauma-informed approaches, and program development.
Benjamin later worked concurrently as a medical social worker in a hospital and with a homecare and hospice company, where his duties ranged from connecting people to needed resources to providing intense crisis counseling in the emergency room. He views individual wellbeing as shaped by close relationships, family systems, environment, and the sequence of life experiences that bring a person to the present.
His therapeutic approach adapts to what each person needs in the moment. He draws from mindfulness, motivational interviewing, Internal Family Systems, Emotional Freedom Technique, trauma-focused therapies, and cognitive behavioral therapy. A priority for him is to meet clients where they are and offer an environment and options that support the goals they bring to therapy.
Making meaningful change takes strength and effort. When someone is ready to take that step, Benjamin is available to provide support and guidance.
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