Jessica Benash, LCSW

Jessica Benash is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 18 years of experience. She has worked in residential treatment, day treatment, and outpatient therapy, and also teaches as an adjunct professor in a university social work department. Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and ADHD among other topics.

Jessica draws on a mix of client-centered work, solution-focused techniques, and cognitive behavioral strategies. She tends to talk through practical ways to change thoughts and actions that get in the way of daily life. Sessions often look at current struggles, build on what already works, and set clear, achievable steps to reach goals.

Her background includes supporting people who care for others coping with chronic pain or illness, people dealing with grief after suicide loss, and those recovering from physical or emotional trauma. She also helps with issues like abandonment, blended family adjustments, caregiver stress, and communication problems.

In session she combines listening with structured tools so conversations move toward practical change. She emphasizes collaboration and finding strengths clients can use between appointments. Her teaching role keeps her connected to current social work thinking and practice.

Jessica frames progress as a sequence of small efforts rather than sudden fixes. She encourages straightforward conversation about what feels hard at home and what would feel different, then works step by step toward those aims.

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