MCHC Health Centers is pleased to welcome behavioral health provider Logan Bengston, a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). He will see patients three days a week at the Hillside Health Center in Ukiah and one day a week at the Lakeview Health Center in Lakeport. Bengston will provide mental health care for adults and children.
When an opportunity arose to work at MCHC, Bengston was especially drawn to the health center’s holistic approach to healthcare. “I’m really excited about the integrated behavioral health model,” he says. “What I’m seeing here already is how seriously the medical providers take mental health and how they see it as part of treating the whole person.
” Bengston has worked in caregiving and mental health throughout his career. His particular areas of interest include substance abuse (addiction), anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and psychosis. As a therapist, he uses techniques including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing, approaches that help patients make incremental changes in their behavior.
When he was first exploring career options, Bengston studied both art and psychology. He first earned an addiction counseling certificate, and then a bachelor’s degree in art from Humboldt State University. Once he worked in in-patient drug and alcohol settings and at a detox center, his path became clear.
He went back to school to earn a master’s degree in counseling psychology fro.