Maren Benevento, LCSW

Is a recent life change or experience of loss inviting overwhelm or upsetting feelings? Maybe old hurts are coming up and impacting your day-to-day well-being. Maybe you feel successful and connected in so many areas of your life but you are feeling a sense of pain that you can't quite articulate and others don't seem to understand. I believe that we all intuitively have the wisdom to move towards healing but are sometimes missing the right guide and supportive space to get there. I use my own training as a therapist, the relationship formed in therapy, curiosity, and creativity to help folks navigate difficult seasons in their lives, celebrate strengths, cultivate stress resilience, better understand themselves, and improve relationships with others. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and Colorado, and I have over 10 years of experience helping people across the lifespan achieve their diverse goals for therapy. I use an integrative approach, which means that I tailor training from a variety of modalities to meet the specific needs and values of the people I work with. I believe that systems (e.g. families, communities, socio-political context) deeply impact mental health and well-being, and I weave this understanding into my work. I also believe that the intersectionality of our different identities (including but not limited to culture, race, sexuality, gender, age, ability, immigration, and socioeconomic status) and our social locations (i.e. privileged and subjugated identities) impact the therapeutic relationship and ways in which we navigate and experience the world. *** I have a physical office in Boulder, Colorado where I provide individual therapy, family therapy, and supervision with my canine co-therapist, Korra (Great Pyrenees). I offer telehealth therapy throughout California and Colorado.