Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling

Compassionate, integrative counseling to help you move beyond trauma, anxiety, depression, and overwhelming life experiences—offered in-person and telehealth in the Schenectady, NY, and Albany, NY regions and virtually across New York State.

Free Consults Available

Building confident, strength, resilience, creating balance, reclaiming power and agency.

Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling Albany NY

Just as the beautiful lotus rises gracefully from the muddy waters, trauma survivors can emerge from their painful experiences, gaining unparalleled strength and resilience along the way. This journey of transformation is not only possible but also profound and empowering.

You might look like you’re holding it together on the outside—but inside, it feels heavy.

Maybe you're:

  • Constantly overthinking or feeling on edge

  • Struggling to process past trauma

  • Feeling stuck in patterns you can’t seem to break

  • Navigating relationship stress or emotional overwhelm

  • Watching your child or teen struggle and not knowing how to help

You don’t have to figure this out alone.

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.
— Rumi

Free Consults Available

Trauma changes you. Healing is about creating a new version of yourself, the one that is stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.
— Michele Rosenthal, Your Life After Trauma: Powerful Practices to Reclaim Your Identity
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Mental Health Counseling Albany NY

At Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling, we provide trauma-informed therapy in Albany and Schenectady Counties, supporting children (10+), teens, and adults.

We specialize in:

  • Trauma therapy

  • Anxiety and overthinking

  • Depression and mood concerns

  • Relationship challenges

  • Emotional regulation and coping skills

Our approach is integrative and personalized—because healing isn’t one-size-fits-all.

We work with:

Children & Teens
Support for anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, peer relationship issues, trauma, and navigating life transitions.

Adults
Help with trauma, dissociation, anxiety, depression, mood dysregulation, life transitions, and relationship stress.

Therapy, counseling, depression, anxiety, Trauma, PTSD
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Therapy here is not just about talking—it’s about meaningful, lasting change.

We use evidence-based approaches such as:

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Trauma-informed care

  • Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Brainspotting

  • Written Exposure Therapy (WET)

  • Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY)

Together, we’ll help you:

  • Understand your patterns

  • Process difficult experiences

  • Build practical tools for everyday life

  • Feel more grounded, confident, and in control

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Meet the Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling Team

Therapy from professionals who believe that no two clients are alike; therefore, the approach should not be the same.

Tara Benincasa, LMHC, TCTSY-F
Lauren Longtoe, MHC-Limited Permit
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Offering Virtual and In Person Therapy:

  • In-person and Virtual therapy in Albany and Schenectady County, NY

  • Virtual therapy across New York State

Contact Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling in:
Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Rensselaer, and surrounding Capital Region communities.

You deserve more than surface-level coping strategies.

At Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling, we offer:

  • A warm, non-judgmental space

  • Personalized, high-quality care

  • A focus on real, sustainable change

This is therapy that goes deeper—so you can actually feel different, not just get by.

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Let’s Take the First Step Together

Starting therapy can feel overwhelming—but reaching out doesn’t have to be.

👉 Schedule your free consultation today and see if we’re the right fit.

Free Consults Available