Bente Hansen, LMFT

Bente Hansen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship struggles. She focuses on practical steps clients can use to feel steadier and more confident. Her approach centers on respect, sensitivity, and clear listening.

She works with people facing grief and loss, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. Bente also supports those dealing with chronic illness or pain, caregiver strain, and workplace stress. Conversations are tailored to what each person needs, not a one-size-fits-all plan.

Bente draws on several therapeutic styles to guide sessions, including attachment-focused work to look at relationship patterns and cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered and emotionally-focused methods to make space for feelings and strengthen connections people want to repair.

In the room she aims to create steady, clear support while helping clients practice new ways of handling hard moments. Sessions include talking through problems, trying small changes between meetings, and checking what helps most.

She offers services in English and Danish and practices in California. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire and scheduling step starts the process so people can connect when they are ready.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how past experiences shape how people connect now; online sessions can help identify and shift those patterns through conversation and reflection. Client-centered therapy centers on listening, empathy, and the client's own goals, giving space for people to set the pace and topics that matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and small practical experiments that people can try between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges and suggest which methods might help most. Together you can adjust the plan as you go, testing what works and changing course when needed.

Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into busy schedules and reducing travel time so therapy can happen around work or caregiving commitments. If you need a shorter check-in or a session without video, discuss options when scheduling. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, please confirm which online or in-person options are currently offered before booking so they match your needs.