Lindsey Benolken, M.A., LPC is a licensed mental health therapist providing therapeutic services in Arizona and Minnesota. (Offering in-person sessions in Scottsdale, AZ and telehealth therapy in Arizona, Minnesota, and New Mexico).

Lindsey brings 9 years of experience treating mental health disorders in psychiatric hospitals, emergency care, school settings, community mental health clinics and in-home services to adolescents, adults, and families. Lindsey specializes in treating OCD. She brings understanding, patience, compassion, and humor to her therapeutic sessions. She believes empowering individuals with the skills to manage obsessional doubts, unwanted thoughts, feelings of fear, uncertainty, while simultaneously working to eliminate rituals, reassurance seeking, and avoidance is the cornerstone of effective OCD treatment.

She strives to build a strong therapeutic relationship with all patients so they can feel supported while facing their fears, reducing compulsive behavior and learning to restore trust in themselves. She believes the therapeutic relationship serves as the foundation to explore and work through the areas of life that cause pain and suffering.

Lindsey is excited to be a part of the growing team at CalmOCD. She believes in having multiple therapeutic tools when working with clients, and primarily uses I-CBT (inference-based cognitive behavioral therapy) and ERP (exposure and response prevention) but also includes aspects of ACT, DBT, Mindful Self-Compassion, and CBT when needed.

In addition to single outpatient sessions, Lindsey offers CalmOCD's unique Intensive Track for both ERP and ICBT. She also facilitates an 12 week ICBT Skills Group for individuals who have already completed, or are currently in I-CBT treatment. Lindsey is looking forward to continuing to work with the OCD community and hopes to empower you to stop living in fear and become your most authentic self!