Benia Thomas, LCSW

Licensed in New York · 12 years in practice

Benia Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers straightforward, practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or family struggles.

License and registration

LCSW, New York: 087655 · expires April 2027
LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC06278100 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1275084410 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 12
Languages: English

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About Benia

Benia Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers straightforward, practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or family struggles. She works with individuals who want clear goals and steady support while they make changes in their lives. Benia writes and speaks plainly, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable and useful.

Benia draws on twelve years of experience in social work, including early work in the New York City foster care system and counseling for incarcerated women with severe mental illness.

Background and approach

That background led her to run psychoeducation groups and provide individual counseling, and later to supervise Master-level social workers. Her experience shapes a practical, no-nonsense style in sessions. She often helps people handle issues tied to identity and relationships, including LGBT concerns, intimacy questions, parenting stress, and family conflict.

Benia also supports those facing attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, caregiving stress, codependency, and challenges after separation or divorce. Her approach blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and solution-focused planning. Sessions are collaborative: Benia listens, helps set clear goals, and suggests small, manageable steps clients can try between meetings.

She combines warmth and directness, and she uses humor and creativity when it fits. Benia practices in New Jersey and conducts work in English. She aims to tailor each plan to the person in front of her, so progress reflects their goals and needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Benia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Depression
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family problems
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Benia names

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Online support

Practical approaches for online care

Benia uses client-centered therapy to build a trusting space where the person sets the agenda and the therapist listens without judgment. This approach helps when someone needs time to be heard and to clarify what they want to change.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day stressors because it focuses on practical steps and exercises to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Benia collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is or isn’t working so the work stays relevant to the client's life.

Online therapy offers flexible options: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or a quieter setup is needed, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to continue progress even when life is busy.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Benia often address?

Benia works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship or family issues. She also supports people facing LGBT-related concerns, parenting strain, intimacy questions, and career or self-esteem challenges.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a warm, direct, and collaborative style that focuses on clear goals. Sessions mix client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused work.

How long has she been practicing?

Benia has twelve years of professional social work experience, including work in foster care, counseling for incarcerated women, group facilitation, and clinical supervision.

What credentials and region does she hold?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - with licensure in New York and New Jersey, and she practices in New Jersey.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preferences.

How does payment and cost work?

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