- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma related concerns
- Practical coping skills
About Shani
Shani Ben-Dov is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Connecticut with three years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, depression, and compassion fatigue. Shani speaks English and Hebrew and focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or stuck beneath a composed surface.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She asks questions, listens for patterns, and helps people slow down repetitive thoughts and reactions. Rather than lecturing, she offers practical skills to try between sessions. Sessions focus on understanding what keeps problems going and on small changes that can fit into daily life.
Shani draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as cognitive behavioral ideas and skills from dialectical behavioral approaches. She also uses motivational interviewing strategies and trauma-informed thinking to address emotional dysregulation and the effects of chronic stress. These tools are used to help with things like intrusive thoughts, repeated relationship patterns, and burnout from caregiving roles.
Her background includes work in crisis response, behavioral health, substance use and co-occurring disorders, and collaborations with first responders. That experience informs how she supports people facing high-stress environments or the weight of caring roles.
People can expect a direct but curious clinician who helps identify thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that keep problems in place. Shani encourages beginning with what a person notices is not working and building small, practical changes from there.
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Shani draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Those methods break down anxious or ruminating thinking into manageable steps and suggest concrete experiments to try between sessions.She also uses techniques from dialectical behavior approaches to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. These skills can help with strong reactions, repeated patterns in relationships, and the emotional fallout of trauma or caregiving stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will help clients and therapists figure out which methods fit a person’s goals, needs, and preferences in a collaborative way. Plans may shift as new information emerges during sessions.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to continue work during life transitions while keeping the focus on practical skills and problem solving.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Connecticut
Languages
English, Hebrew
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, and forgiveness.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses evidence-based techniques to slow patterns of self-blame and repetitive thoughts. Work is practical and focused on understanding underlying emotions and testing new responses.
What is her clinical background?
Shani has three years of clinical experience and a background in crisis response, behavioral health, substance use and co-occurring disorders, and work alongside first responders.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Connecticut and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Hebrew.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do you begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.