Keni Zhang

Mental Health Counseling Intern

Keni is under the clinical supervision of Kelly Benjamin LMHC and Timothy Crumley, LMHC.

Keni is a counselor-in-training in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling master’s program at Syracuse University. Grounded in a person-centered (client-centered) perspective, she believes counseling should meet each person where they are while nurturing new perspectives, insight, and autonomy. Her style is warm, empathic, and collaborative.

Keni integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based strategies (anchoring in the present, reducing anxiety, strengthening emotion regulation), and solution-focused techniques to help clients identify strengths, set clear goals, and take small, meaningful steps between sessions. She works with adolescents and adults around anxiety and stress, self-esteem concerns, life transitions, identity exploration, and family or relational dynamics..

As a trilingual clinician (English / Mandarin Chinese / Cantonese Chinese), Keni brings cultural humility and lived sensitivity to the experience of moving between languages, cultures, and expectations. As an international student herself, she understands the complex emotions that can arise when existing between different versions of “home,” identity, and belonging. Her background also includes research experience in Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD, informing her trauma-aware and paced approach under supervision.

Accepted Insurance Providers:

  • Fidelis

  • CDPHP

  • OON

  • Self-Pay - Superbills can be provided to you to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement. CommonSense Wellness Network cannot guarantee if your insurance company will reimburse you.

Availability:

Keni is accepting new clients at this time.