About Lyndia
Lyndia Benion uses a practical, person-focused approach to therapy. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with forty years of experience in Alabama.
Background and approach
Lyndia speaks plainly and helps people sort through stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and relationship concerns. Lyndia combines talk-based work with clear strategies people can try between sessions.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice what matters, change unhelpful thoughts, and build workable habits. Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are used to sharpen coping skills and set realistic short-term goals.
Her experience includes helping people cope with loss, guilt and shame, abandonment, addiction, and major life changes. She also addresses issues that come up around parenting, blended family dynamics, infidelity, jealousy, and commitment or control struggles.
Veterans and those affected by natural or human-caused disasters are among the life contexts listed in her practice focus. Sessions are intended to be collaborative.
Lyndia listens, asks practical questions, and offers steps clients can test in daily life. She also supports people who want to improve self-esteem, manage anger, and mend important relationships.
People considering therapy will find straightforward, down-to-earth guidance and a focus on small, achievable changes. Her long experience in Alabama informs a calm, steady approach to problem solving and recovery.
How Lyndia’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small, value-driven steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, grief, and coping with major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that fuel distress and on testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and build confidence. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and anger management.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lyndia works collaboratively with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they try techniques in session and adjust the plan based on what helps in real life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good short option when bandwidth is limited or when a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send updates or work through moments between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English