About Benjamin
Dr. Benjamin Wilson helps people facing addiction, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and problems with intimacy or relationships. He also supports those coping with life changes, low self-esteem, mood instability, and issues like codependency or impulse control.
He is based in Indiana and brings 14 years of clinical experience to his work. He prefers a calm, practical style. Sessions focus on the person in front of him and on small, clear steps forward.
Background and approach
He uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking, and client-centered methods to build trust and listening. Mindfulness and motivational strategies are added when they fit the situation. Benjamin earned advanced degrees in counseling and has worked in behavioral health since 2006.
He has combined direct client work with teaching and leadership roles, and he contributes to professional committees about co-occurring care and addiction. That background shapes a steady approach rooted in real-world experience. In sessions he leans toward collaboration.
He listens first, then identifies practical goals together. Conversations are aimed at improving coping skills, reducing symptoms, and restoring day-to-day functioning. He pays attention to how stress, relationships, and past hurts affect current behavior.
Outside of work he values reading, family time, gardening, and playing guitar. He also draws on his own long-term recovery from co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges to inform his perspective and empathy.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood; it helps people who need a supportive space to sort through feelings and make decisions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with cravings. Motivational interviewing is a conversational way to strengthen a person's motivation to change, especially around substance use and other behaviors that feel stuck.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try methods, adjust strategies, and pick techniques that match the person's pace and values so progress feels manageable.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and have deeper conversations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and live chat or text messaging offer brief, ongoing support between sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people keep continuity of care when schedules or distance are a barrier.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English