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.

Why Work With Lotus Integrative Mental Health Counseling

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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Therapeutic Services

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

  • EMDR

  • Brainspotting

  • 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 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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We proudly offer:

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

  • Virtual therapy across New York State

Serving clients 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • CDPHP and MVP are accepted.

    We partner with Mentaya, a service that streamlines getting reimbursed for your therapy sessions through out-of-network benefits if we do not accept your insurance. Use their form to check your benefits today!

    Mentaya is perfect if you:

    • Have out-of-network benefits

    • Feel overwhelmed by superbills and insurance

    • Have submitted superbills but failed to get any reimbursement

    • Simply want to skip the hassle of paperwork!

    Here's how it works:

    1. Sign up for Mentaya: https://mentaya.co/inviteclient/5OGIhDGum7RqGXjRowID

    2. Our practice will enter your sessions into the platform.

    3. Mentaya submits the claim and handles any insurance follow-up.

    4. You get reimbursed by insurance!

    Mentaya charges a 5% fee per claim, which includes handling any necessary paperwork, dealing with denials, and contacting insurance companies. It's risk-free: They guarantee that claims are successfully submitted, or a full refund of their fees will be provided.

  • Our therapy range from $100-$150, depending on the type of service and selected therapist.

    Therapy group rates are $50/group. The Embodied Healing Group is $35-$50/group.

  • We require a 24-hour notice to cancel appointments, including initial appointments, to avoid a late cancellation and/or no-show fee. Any scheduled appointment may be turned into a telehealth session, to avoid a fee.

  • Yes, we can schedule a free 20-minute consultation video call or answer any questions you may have via email.

  • Once you schedule with your therapist, you will be allowed to create a log-in to the Jane App EHR. In this portal, you will find all of your intake paperwork, which will include insurance information, history form, agreements for signature and some outcome measures.

    At your first appointment, you and therapist will discuss your presenting problems more in depth and create a treatment plan. Your therapist will also review the outcome measures with you.

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