Jackie Okyere-Benya

LPC, 10 years of experience
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As a Black female therapist, I provide racially affirming and culturally responsive care that helps BIPOC women feel seen, supported, and empowered. With over 10 years of experience in community mental health, hospitals, and private practice, I understand how challenging it can be to juggle multiple roles while caring for everyone else. My passion is helping women—especially during pregnancy and motherhood—prioritize their emotional wellbeing, reconnect with themselves, and find balance through life’s transitions.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

In our first session, you can expect authenticity, compassion, and a supportive space to explore your story without judgment. We’ll discuss what brings you to therapy, your goals, and what support looks like for you. Healing begins with being seen, and I’m here to walk alongside you in that process.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

A core part of my effectiveness as a clinician is my authenticity and relational attunement. I deeply value being present with clients and paying attention to both spoken and unspoken experiences. I often notice subtle changes in posture, tone, affect, or nervous system responses that may reveal emotions beneath the surface. This level of attunement allows clients to feel seen beyond words and supports deeper therapeutic insight and connection.”

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I support BIPOC individuals navigating identity exploration, relational challenges, trauma, anxiety, burnout, and life transitions. Many of the clients I work with are seeking to reclaim their sense of self after experiences of people-pleasing, survival mode, intergenerational trauma, cultural expectations, or systemic oppression. They may feel disconnected from their emotions, body, boundaries, or authentic identity and are looking for deeper self-understanding and more meaningful relationships. My clients are often individuals who want to break generational patterns, strengthen emotional regulation, build healthier connections, and develop a greater sense of safety within themselves. Through culturally responsive, relational, and somatic-centered care, I help clients reconnect with their voice, values, and embodied sense of belonging while fostering healing in both their personal and interpersonal lives.”

Specialties

Top specialties

Grief

I identify as

Licensed in

New Jersey

Accepts

Location

Virtual

My treatment methods

Attachment-based

I use attachment-based theory through a culturally responsive and trauma-informed lens to support BIPOC clients in strengthening identity, emotional safety, and connection to self and others. My work explores how early relational experiences, systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, and cultural narratives shape attachment patterns, self-worth, and relationships. I help clients build greater self-understanding, develop secure relational experiences, and reconnect with authentic parts of themselves while honoring the complexity of their cultural identities. The goal is to create healing spaces where clients feel seen, grounded, and empowered in both their personal and relational lives.”

Somatic

My clinical approach integrates somatic theory, relational healing, and culturally attuned care to support BIPOC individuals navigating identity, trauma, and interpersonal connection. I work from the understanding that the body holds the impact of systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, and relational experiences, and I help clients cultivate nervous system regulation, embodied self-awareness, and authentic connection to self and community.

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