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About our practice
Support for the Journey
Our goal is to help you re-imagine your life. With extensive experience in the field of mental health and substance use disorders we offer a vast history of client success. Our individualized positivity approach will help you attain your goals and heal your wounds. Maureen works from an eclectic background integrating aspects from a wide variety of counseling approaches including CBT, DBT, Trauma Informed, Jungian, Solutions Focused, Rogerian in addition to Motivational Interviewing. We are also open to integrating spiritual perspective in the counseling setting.
My Approach
I take a collaborative and solution-focused approach to counseling. By working together, we can identify your strengths, overcome obstacles, and create a plan of action to help achieve goals. I meet you where you are, offering the sacred space to discover who you are within all the happenings in your life.
For those seeking a spiritual experience within their counseling journey, Maureen is open to many perspectives as this can often be an essential aspect of one’s life experience.
Taking the steps and how does this work?
You’ve already taken the first step by checking out this website.
A step in seeking.
Next step ? Make a phone call to Tasha, our intake coordinator, at 859-360-5151 or write us an email at mbensman64@solutionsinliving.org or reach out with a text to 859-859-529-6097.
You’ll be scheduled for an assessment or what we refer to as the intake. The first session focuses on both the issues that prompted you to seek counseling and it's an opportunity for your therapist to gather important history. This is also a time where you and your therapist are getting acquainted.
Next is coming up with a plan and schedule you next appointment.
Committing to a healthier lifestyle is just that – a commitment, and it’s a big one that will take a lot a dedication. My commitment is to provide you with a sacred space, safe enough where you can meet yourself as you travel this journey.
My Qualifications
As a licensed professional clinical counselor, having completed extensive training in multiple areas of mental health as well as in substance abuse, Ms. Bensman has gained professional respect as a seasoned counselor in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Receiving her Masters of Education in Agency and Community Counseling from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2001 she went on to complete a clinical endorsement program in 2002. Having extensive training and experience in in a wide variety of modalities, Ms Bensman gained remarkable experience working in a variety of settings over her career. She has years of experience working in an outpatient behavioral health center at a local medical center, she has also worked with local agencies, treatment centers and in her own private practice since 2001. Additionally, she is certified as a clinical trauma professional (CCTP), a member of the American Counseling Association as well as the Kentucky Counseling Association.