Cynthia Benzing, LPC

Cynthia Benzing is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, and depression. Conversations are direct and practical. Cynthia aims to help people notice what gets in the way of daily functioning and relationships.

Her style centers on clear goals and straightforward tools. She uses elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people recognize unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Mindfulness practices are introduced to help calm reactivity and increase awareness of physical cues that precede angry responses.

Client-Centered Therapy informs how sessions are run, with the persons experience guiding the pace and focus. Existential ideas may come into play when questions about meaning, responsibility, or life changes are present. Cynthia favors a collaborative tone where people set goals and test changes between sessions.

Practical problems like workplace frustration, recurring arguments, or built-up resentment are addressed with skills practice and real-world plans. She also supports people facing complex issues such as adoption and foster care histories, chronic illness, first responder stress, grief, and relationship struggles that contribute to anger or mood dysregulation.

Sessions focus on what can be done now to reduce reactivity and improve communication. Cynthia keeps language plain and steps concrete so people can try new strategies outside of sessions and track what works.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work