Benjamin Lara, LCSW
Licensed in Idaho · 11 years in practice
Benjamin Lara is a licensed clinical social worker with eleven years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and other life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, Idaho
- LCSW-35776 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1063846764 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
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About Benjamin
Benjamin Lara is a licensed clinical social worker with eleven years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and other life changes. He takes a direct, person-centered approach and keeps sessions focused on what each person wants to accomplish. Conversations are nonjudgmental and practical.
He aims to make asking for help feel like a manageable step. In sessions he mixes methods that suit the person in front of him.
Background and approach
He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people notice difficult thoughts and keep moving toward values that matter. Benjamin has worked with people facing trauma, grief, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and relationship strain.
He also addresses concerns related to addiction, eating and sleeping, sexual expression such as BDSM and kink, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. He listens for each person’s priorities and shapes a plan around those goals. He offers practical tools for coping, communication, and managing emotions.
Sessions include conversation, skill practice, and short exercises to try between meetings. The aim is steady progress toward clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning. Benjamin practices in Idaho and conducts therapy in English.
He provides several online formats so people can pick what fits their schedule and needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Benjamin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Benjamin names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches used in online care
Benjamin blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people live by their values and change patterns that cause distress. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match what matters, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical techniques to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, and unhelpful behaviors.He approaches treatment collaboratively and sees finding the right method as a shared process. The therapist will listen to goals and try approaches that suit the person's needs, adjusting methods together over time to find what works best for day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility around work, school, or caregiving schedules. Video sessions let people work face to face from different places, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier while multitasking, and chat or messaging can provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same practical tools and exercises discussed during sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and family problems, and many related issues such as eating and sleeping concerns, caregiver stress, and career strain.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a person-centered, nonjudgmental style and combines practical approaches to match each person's goals. Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on brief, usable skills.
How much experience does he have?
Benjamin has eleven years of experience working with people across a variety of concerns, including trauma, addiction, and long-term illness.
Where is he located and what credentials does he hold?
He practices in Idaho and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as LCSW.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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