VALLEY COUNSELING CENTER IS ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS!!!
Meet our Clinicians
Matt Benin, MA, LPC
Balance is central to my work. I use a body-mind-environment approach to help clients seek balance and well-being in their lives. In turn, they bring more balance to their relationships and the environments in which they find themselves. With over 20 years of experience, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and systems theory are the foundation of my clinical work, though there are numerous paths to improved health and well-being, and I have used and explored many approaches to help people get to where they want to be. CBT is used to assess how your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions interact with and influence one another. Mindfulness brings more attention and intention to this process, promoting an awareness of how your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions impact you and others. We’ll also look at the systems around you, how they impact you, and how to manage yourself within them in the healthiest way possible.
Andrea Armstong, MAT, MA, ACTRP, LPC
With over fourteen years of experience in mental health, Andrea has worked with youth ages three to early adulthood, beginning as an intensive in-home provider for at-risk youth. Now a Licensed Professional Counselor, she specializes in helping children and families. Andrea utilizes an integrative approach to therapy, to meet individual needs. Treatment is person-centered, building on the strengths of each individual. Andrea is Level II trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy; an evidence-based treatment endorsed by EMDRIA. She has experience in treating a variety of focuses including anxiety, depression, ADHD, adjustment disorders, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, teen substance use, somatic symptoms, conversion disorder, rumination disorder, avoidant/ restrictive food intake disorder, bulimia nervosa, elimination disorders, intermittent explosive disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder. She also works with clients facing issues such as parent-child relational problems, childhood trauma, attachment, family reunification, and struggles related to the social environment. Andrea respects others' worldviews and unique experiences. She considers it an honor to walk alongside individuals on their journey to healing, empowering them to overcome obstacles to thrive.