CBenedict
My goal is to provide a compassionate, reflective and safe place for you to be yourself, make discoveries, and experience healing. I hope that I may journey with you in your movement toward wholeness, authenticity, and understanding.
I have always enjoyed working with people. I have worked alongside people as physical Therapist for nine years. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to engage with my clients and their families on such a personal level: their physical well-being. In part, through this work, I became increasingly aware of the integrative nature of human beings. I became more curious about the emotional, mental, relational and social components of physical health and vice versa. Thus, I pursued education and professional development as a Mental Health Counselor.
Since receiving my Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Northeastern University in 1999, I have worked people of all ages in various settings including acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation facilities and clients’ homes. I received my Masters of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Mars Hill Graduate School in 2008. I completed a one-year internship at a home for women in transition. I worked with women and their children addressing issues including childhood abuse, relational struggles, substance abuse, domestic violence, depression, anxiety, loss and grief, and various aspects of health.
I have always enjoyed working with people. I have worked alongside people as physical Therapist for nine years. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to engage with my clients and their families on such a personal level: their physical well-being. In part, through this work, I became increasingly aware of the integrative nature of human beings. I became more curious about the emotional, mental, relational and social components of physical health and vice versa. Thus, I pursued education and professional development as a Mental Health Counselor.
Since receiving my Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from Northeastern University in 1999, I have worked people of all ages in various settings including acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation facilities and clients’ homes. I received my Masters of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Mars Hill Graduate School in 2008. I completed a one-year internship at a home for women in transition. I worked with women and their children addressing issues including childhood abuse, relational struggles, substance abuse, domestic violence, depression, anxiety, loss and grief, and various aspects of health.
Hometown: Seattle, WA United States
Occupation: Mental Health Counselor
Interests: Relationships: intimate/partner, family, friend
Grief and Loss: of health, life, relationship
Life Transitions
Abuse: physical, emotional, sexual
Trauma
Issues Specific to Women: child bearing, life balance, body image, abortion, adoption
I also address issues such as:
Anxiety
Depression
Cultural and Social Issues
Domestic Violence
Parenting
Wellness
I view the counseling process as one that is based upon the formation of a dynamic alliance with you, the client(s), to explore the nature of your dissatisfaction or discontent.
A few of the tenets of our counseling relationship will be:
Safety - a space for you to discover and live out your truest self
Openness and Honesty - this will enhance our work together and help you attain your goals
Curiosity - exploration and wondering of how past experience influences who you are today and inform you as you make decisions for tomorrow
Respect - for you and your story as well as for our work together
I believe that the struggles that bring us to therapy are often symptoms of deeper unsettledness. Thus to address the current symptoms of our distress we often need to look beneath the surface and reflect on our lives up to this point, and use that data to enhance our awareness and assist us in deliberately and consciously choosing who we want to be.
I believe that relationships are immeasurably influential upon the development of our beliefs, ideas, thoughts, and choices. Via this approach we can explore the intricacies of these relationships and their influence on your specific struggles in an effort to find and address the sources of these struggles. We will explore how your way of relating contributes to the nature of your relationships, with the hope of cultivating awareness, acceptance, and volition. By seeking and attending to the source of your distress we will address the symptoms as well.
Our relationship is the primary context for change. My role as a counselor is to create a safe space for you to discover and live out your truest self. We will work together to identify fears and obstacles stemming from the present and the past that keep you from relating most authentically with others. Your ability to be open and honest with me will greatly enhance the effectiveness of your therapy. In addition, I believe that many issues that bring us to therapy have a physical component. In such cases, consultation with other health care practitioners will be advised. If at any point you have questions or concerns about our relationship or the direction of our work together, please feel free to address these with me.
Grief and Loss: of health, life, relationship
Life Transitions
Abuse: physical, emotional, sexual
Trauma
Issues Specific to Women: child bearing, life balance, body image, abortion, adoption
I also address issues such as:
Anxiety
Depression
Cultural and Social Issues
Domestic Violence
Parenting
Wellness
I view the counseling process as one that is based upon the formation of a dynamic alliance with you, the client(s), to explore the nature of your dissatisfaction or discontent.
A few of the tenets of our counseling relationship will be:
Safety - a space for you to discover and live out your truest self
Openness and Honesty - this will enhance our work together and help you attain your goals
Curiosity - exploration and wondering of how past experience influences who you are today and inform you as you make decisions for tomorrow
Respect - for you and your story as well as for our work together
I believe that the struggles that bring us to therapy are often symptoms of deeper unsettledness. Thus to address the current symptoms of our distress we often need to look beneath the surface and reflect on our lives up to this point, and use that data to enhance our awareness and assist us in deliberately and consciously choosing who we want to be.
I believe that relationships are immeasurably influential upon the development of our beliefs, ideas, thoughts, and choices. Via this approach we can explore the intricacies of these relationships and their influence on your specific struggles in an effort to find and address the sources of these struggles. We will explore how your way of relating contributes to the nature of your relationships, with the hope of cultivating awareness, acceptance, and volition. By seeking and attending to the source of your distress we will address the symptoms as well.
Our relationship is the primary context for change. My role as a counselor is to create a safe space for you to discover and live out your truest self. We will work together to identify fears and obstacles stemming from the present and the past that keep you from relating most authentically with others. Your ability to be open and honest with me will greatly enhance the effectiveness of your therapy. In addition, I believe that many issues that bring us to therapy have a physical component. In such cases, consultation with other health care practitioners will be advised. If at any point you have questions or concerns about our relationship or the direction of our work together, please feel free to address these with me.
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