About Benjamin
Benjamin Wrase is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or low self-esteem. He helps clients who are working through anger, relationship and family tension, parenting strain, and the heavy feelings that come with trauma or loss.
Benjamin aims to make the work clear and practical so people can take small steps forward. He uses straightforward talk and tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new actions.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and build calm, and motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on skills that can be used between meetings. Benjamin draws on two decades of clinical work in Illinois to tailor his approach to each person’s needs.
He listens for how beliefs, relationships, and daily habits keep problems going, and then picks short, focused strategies to address them. The work often includes setting small goals, practicing new responses, and tracking progress. People who are coping with guilt, shame, or communication problems may find the sessions practical and goal oriented.
He respects each person’s background and values and uses that information to guide treatment choices. The aim is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. If someone prefers different ways of meeting, Benjamin offers multiple formats and helps plan sessions that fit into a person’s life.
His practice language is English and he works from his Illinois license, LCSW.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Benjamin commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy is about noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying small changes to see different results; it can help with anxiety, depression, and habit patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can be helpful for stress, anger, and trauma symptoms.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try techniques in early sessions, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and the clinician work together to pick the strategies that fit the person's life and values.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video lets people use visual cues for interactive work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat or text messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing reflection, and these options make it simpler to fit therapy into a workday or family routine.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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