About Benjamin
Dr. Benjamin Lough offers therapy grounded in existential therapy. He helps people facing uncertain times, big changes, and questions about meaning.
He focuses on practical choices people can make now to feel more aligned with their values and goals. Benjamin is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Illinois with 19 years of experience. He works with adults who are rethinking career paths, relationships, intimacy, or personal purpose.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make decisions clearer and to reduce the fog that comes with transitions. His sessions move at a steady, manageable pace. He listens, asks clear questions, and helps clients name what matters to them.
Conversations look at daily choices, patterns in relationships, and ways to rebuild confidence after feeling stuck. Common topics include self-esteem, guilt and shame, loneliness, and struggles with life direction. He also addresses men's issues, sexuality, and concerns tied to midlife change.
Work blends reflection about values with concrete steps for next moves. People who come to him often want practical thinking and honest conversation. The goal is not quick fixes but clearer direction and stronger decision-making.
Over time clients can expect more confidence about relationships, career choices, and what they want from life.
Existential therapy online and practical options
Existential therapy focuses on meaning, choice, and responsibility. It helps people facing big life questions feel clearer about what matters and what they want next. Sessions often involve looking at values, everyday choices, and how those shape a person’s direction.Conversations may also draw on humanistic elements that emphasize presence and honest reflection. This approach supports people dealing with emptiness, guilt, loneliness, and life transitions by helping them name feelings and consider options. The work pairs thoughtful listening with concrete steps to try outside sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, struggles, and preferences, then adapt sessions to fit. Together they’ll decide which methods feel most helpful and adjust as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text are useful for shorter check-ins or ongoing reflections between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, travel, or a busy home life while keeping the focus on practical progress and clearer decision-making.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English