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Benjamin P Menard
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
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Spokane, WA 99218
Let's Connect (509) 204-8510
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Hello, my name is Benjamin Menard. I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker beginning my private practice in Spokane. My specialty is non-directive play therapy for children ages 4 – 12. I use this client-centered approach with the theory that children use their play to communicate more effectively than language and typical talk therapy. I see play therapy as a way to meet children where they are and learn from them about their world.
My therapeutic experience includes: crisis services, grief and bereavement, behavioral issues, trauma, sexual behaviors, severe abuse and neglect, suicidal and homicidal ideation as well as criminal and substance abuse cases. I have a degree in Elementary Education as well as experience working in in clinical settings and residential treatment facilities.
Creating a safe space for children and witnessing the profound healing that any child can experience through the medium of therapeutic play is my passion, and I warmly encourage you to contact me to learn more or schedule an appointment. I do hope to hear from you.
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Finances
Insurance
- Asuris Northwest Health
- First Choice Health | FCH
- Medicaid
- Premera Blue Cross
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Benjamin P Menard
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Washington / LW61015381 Benjamin P Menard
- Attended Eastern Washington University, Masters in Social Work (MSW), Graduated 2012
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Child
Expertise
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Intellectual Disability
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
Client Focus
Participants
Individuals
Participants
Individuals
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Non Directive Play Therapy
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Sandplay
- Strength-Based
Location
Nearby Areas
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Benjamin P Menard
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW