Jean Bennett , LMHC

Jean Bennett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with eight years of clinical work. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy that helps people sort through difficult feelings and everyday challenges. Jean is straightforward and warm, and she aims to make sessions feel like a clear conversation rather than a lecture.

She often helps people coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues around sexuality and identity, including LGBT concerns. She also supports people facing relationship difficulties, anger, addiction, and career stress. Jean pays attention to how life changes, health conditions, and caregiving demands affect mood and functioning.

Jean follows a collaborative, person-centered way of working. She listens first, then offers tools people can try between sessions. Those tools can include thinking-skills from cognitive behavioral approaches and emotion-focused strategies to improve connection and understanding.

Mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing are part of her toolkit when someone wants clearer direction or help staying on track. Sessions are conversational and focused on small, doable steps that lead to change over time.

People who prefer a relaxed, honest approach tend to find her style helpful. She aims to support and empower clients as they identify priorities, practice new skills, and adjust plans when life shifts.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building trust so clients feel heard and respected. Online sessions let Jean use that same conversational stance to help people identify goals and make a plan that fits their life and needs.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors. Through video or phone sessions Jean can teach practical thinking and behavior skills and assign short exercises to practice between meetings.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and change patterns in how they respond to strong feelings and relationships. That work can proceed online by naming emotional cycles, practicing new ways of responding, and reflecting on progress together.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jean will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress happens.

Online therapy offers flexibility and several ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter touchpoint fits the day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or health demands.