Jennifer Benson, MSW

After a career in communications and advancement for independent schools, Jennifer earned a Master’s in social work from Columbia University. As a social worker and as a parent of children who required residential treatment, she is uniquely qualified to assist families with adolescents and young adults struggling with learning, mental health, and/or addiction challenges. With the lens of a parent, she brings empathy, compassion, and understanding to the process and as a Master’s level social worker, she has the clinical assessment skills to evaluate the educational and mental health needs of her clients and therapeutic schools and programs. Jennifer’s goal is to help adolescents and young adults rediscover their innate strengths and gifts, which may have been masked by social, emotional, behavioral, and environmental challenges. She enjoys working with complex children and family systems, and guiding them towards a path of wellness. She and her husband raised four children in a blended family and are now empty nesters living in Weston, Connecticut with their two miniature wire-haired dachshunds.