Therapist profile
Jessica Benash, LCSW
Wisconsin
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Stress
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Wisconsin / 7979-123
- NPI1013358266
- Experience18 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationWisconsin
About
- CBT techniques
- Client-centered focus
- Mindfulness tools
About Jessica
Jessica Benash is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and anger. Jessica has experience supporting people with career struggles, compassion fatigue, chronic illness caregiving stress, and intimacy-related issues.
She has practiced in residential treatment, day treatment, and outpatient therapy settings. That variety informs a practical approach focused on what helps someone right now. Jessica also teaches as an adjunct professor in a social work department and brings that teaching perspective into sessions.
Her style is interactive and client-centered. She uses solution-focused work alongside cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test small changes. Mindfulness techniques and trauma-focused methods appear when they match a person's goals and history.
Sessions emphasize clear goals, skill building, and noticing strengths a person already has. Jessica pays attention to the effects of caregiving, chronic pain and loss when those factors are part of a person's life. She also works with people wrestling with control issues, impulsivity, jealousy, and financial or career pressures.
She frames therapy as a collaboration where the client’s priorities guide the work. Practical steps, short-term strategies, and teaching new ways to respond to strong feelings are common parts of her sessions. Jessica signs off informally as Jessie and invites people to begin when they feel ready.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Jessica frequently uses client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and solution-focused techniques. Client-centered work focuses on the person’s priorities and builds a collaborative relationship. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors, teaches ways to test and shift unhelpful thinking, and is useful for anger tied to negative assumptions or stress. Solution-focused work aims for small, practical steps and immediate strategies to reduce reactivity and manage triggers.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the early work. She will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and history. That means checking in, adjusting strategies, and trying short exercises to see what actually helps.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people use mindfulness exercises or homework between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and solution-focused tools to remote sessions so practical skill building continues even when meeting virtually.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger-related problems does she address?
She helps people who snap at loved ones, carry workplace frustration, hold growing resentment, or face strong reactions after trauma. Anger is listed among many concerns she works with.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her work is interactive and client-centered. She combines solution-focused planning with cognitive behavioral techniques and uses mindfulness and trauma-focused methods as needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working in residential, day treatment, and outpatient settings and also teaches in a social work department.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Wisconsin LCSW, and practices in Wisconsin.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she provide?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know how sessions are delivered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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