Dr. Stephen Bentley, LPCC

Dr. Stephen Bentley is an LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) practicing in Kentucky with 32 years of experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy issues, eating problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.

He draws on a person-centered stance that begins by building a practical working relationship. He pays attention to what the client brings and focuses on acceptance as a starting point for change. Treatment often combines cognitive-behavioral ideas with psychodynamic and humanistic perspectives to address thoughts, patterns, and underlying relational dynamics.

Dr. Bentley has worked in hospitals providing both group and individual therapy and has experience in crisis intervention. He has served as a director and supervisor of a practice for more than ten years and has been with the same organization for the past twenty years. That background informs how he structures sessions and supports people through complex problems.

He also has experience helping people cope with physical trauma, loss, physical or emotional abuse, and neurodevelopmental differences such as autism. He lists blended family issues among his focus areas and can help individuals who are navigating new household roles or caring responsibilities.

In recent years he has used telehealth to continue clinical work. He avoids stigmatizing labels and aims to work respectfully and directly, helping clients identify practical steps and changes they want to make.