Claudia Carballal-Benaglio - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

3 years experience

About Claudia Carballal-Benaglio

I work with individuals, couples, and families. I provide bilingual (Spa/Eng) and multicultural counseling for people of diverse races and beliefs. As a therapist, life coach of more than 10 years, yoga practitioner, and former attorney, I bring a wide range of experiences to counseling, including the art of negotiation with couples and families, and the practice of self-understanding, self-awareness, and inquiry with individuals.

I’m primarily a cognitive behavioral therapist — I help you explore your thoughts and core beliefs to gain clarity and find solutions. I also facilitate observation of narrative and finding meaning in your experiences and the complexity of life. People usually seek my services when they are at a crossroads, are dealing with relationship conflict, difficult family dynamics, emotional turmoil, lack of clarity, anxiety, anger, or want to overcome past trauma. I have been seeing around 35-40 individuals per week in my private practice and with the mental health department of an organization. I look forward to meeting you and talking to you further.

Licenses

LPC

89200

Professional experience

Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Career difficulties
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Eating disorders
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
LGBT
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Sleeping disorders
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Abandonment
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Attachment-Based Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Existential Therapy
Mindfulness Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

English
Spanish

14 Reviews

“Claudia is the most wonderful therapist one could hope to have. She is patient, considerate, knowledgable, and full of kind wisdom. She can work in various therapeutic modes depending on my mood or needs at the time. I could not recommend her more highly.”

“I am very happy with my therapist.”

“Claudia makes you feel comfortable and she’s able to help you open up about your true feelings”

“Great counselor, I like how she explains her reasonings.”

“She listens and is considerate of my feelings. I’ve truly honestly felt I have grown my mindset and confidence in myself because I met her as my counselor. Whoever chooses to start a journey with her will definitely yield results.”

“She is a great listener, very respectful and well-rounded. I like her a lot.”

“Claudia has make us feel comfortable and guide us through our first time doing therapy. Very professional, well talked. Looking forward to keep working with her.”

“Very understanding, kind and compassionate. Good listener.”

“Excellent therapist. Highly recommended.”

“So helpful”

“Very good listener”

“Mrs. Carballal-Benaglio is incredibly patient... to which me and my partner are very appreciative of. She's also straight-forward, understanding, and works with my partner and I in a way that both of us feel heard, and included, as well as addressing whatever issues we as individuals have that may be hindering our goal as couple to coming together more. Mrs. Claudia is awesome. I'm glad she was recommended to us! I'm looking forward to continuing to work with her!”

“After the sudden death of my husband I signed up with Better Help and was assigned Claudia. Excellent choice as she is compassionate and reminds me to be gentle with myself, as that is what I need right now.”

“Im the kind of person or man that has never asked for help ever at all like ive never done this and i explained to mrs Claudia how i felt and she made me feel comfortable abiut it to be my first time in getting help especially for a man that has never been broken down or talked about his problems ever. I really do like Mrs Claudia”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.