Lyndsey Bens, LICSW

Psychotherapist – Exeter, NH

Lyndsey Bens, LICSW (she/her) is a licensed independent clinical social worker who works primarily with adults and older adults. Presenting issues in many of Lyndsey’s clients tend to include, but are not limited to, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, grief/loss, complex family dynamics, and abusive relationships. Lyndsey has been working in the mental health field since 2007 and began her post-master’s experience in 2014.

In addition to outpatient psychotherapy, Lyndsey has also spent over six years in emergency department and inpatient hospital settings in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where she worked with patients of all ages in acute psychiatric crises. Lyndsey has also worked in community-based (such as in-home) settings. Additional populations that Lyndsey has worked with include children and adolescents in foster care and schools, immigrants with acute and posttraumatic stress, individuals with developmental disabilities, and callers on crisis helplines. Lyndsey is also a member of New Hampshire’s Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team (DBHRT), which focuses on providing psychological first aid and resources to New Hampshire residents after critical incidents and disasters. Lyndsey is dually licensed in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and has the ability to meet with telehealth clients in both states.

Lyndsey earned her BS in Psychology with a mental health concentration from Plymouth State University. She also received an MSW with a focus on mental health treatment from Salem State University and an MA in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University, where she focused on trauma in refugees, asylum seekers, and asylees in the Boston area.

Lyndsey is passionate about mindfulness and enjoys teaching clients related techniques. Lyndsey also utilizes interventions from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, internal family systems, attachment theory, and psychodynamic theory. Lyndsey likes to work from a strengths-based and client-centered approach. Clients can expect Lyndsey to be compassionate, non-judgmental, and attentive. She enjoys helping clients find balance and purpose in their lives, and she welcomes humor in session, when appropriate!