New to Grow
I'm a licensed independent clinical social worker helping patients in Massachusetts (remotely) and in New York (remotely and in-person). Bio: Scott Allen Bennett, author of the best-selling The Elements of Résumé Style (second edition available now) earned a B.S. in Economics from Clark University, an M.S. in Education (specializing in Counseling and Personnel Services) from Fordham University, an M.S.W. from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and an Advanced Post-Masters Certificate in Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy from Albert Ellis Institute. Bennett is a Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, credentialed by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work. After completing two 12-month Post-MSW Fellowships awarded by the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, he then joined the staff at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. He launched in 2023 BENNETT CENTER, LLC, a practice to provide affordable, evidence-based, and engaging therapy to underserved people in NY and Massachusetts, and continues to provide remote 1:1 résumé writing consultations through writeresumesright.com to career seekers from over 100 countries.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Your first session, an "intake", will include me asking you questions about your story, your strengths, your challenges, and specifically what brings you to therapy.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Radical acceptance, empathy, and a willingness to supportively yet firmly challenge ineffective beliefs and actions.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Help patients learn to embrace challenges and live in accordance with their values in order to reduce symptoms and increase functioning.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Help patients identify, examine, dispute, and replace ineffective thoughts, feelings, and actions in order to reduce symptoms and increase functioning.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Help patients learn and apply skills —mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness — in order to achieve a life they perceive as worth living.
Existential
Help patients identify and address existential issues such as death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness in order to reduce symptoms and increase functioning.
Gender-affirming therapy
Help patients achieve self-acceptance skills on their voyage to fully realizing their gender identity.