Benson Psychological Services, PC offers a wide variety of clinical mental health services provided by our exceptionally trained and highly skilled clinicians. We are proven leaders in our field, and are dedicated to providing the highest level of care that balances cutting edge research on best practices, while respecting the uniqueness of each individual client. As dedicated professionals, we are involved in professional organizations on both a local and national level and have taken leadership positions within the North Dakota Counseling Association, the North Dakota Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association.
Read More. Benson was the chief psychologist at a community mental health center in Fargo for 10 years, prior to resigning to focus full time at her private practice. Benson provides forensic evaluations, expert testimony and clinical consultation to attorneys on a wide variety of forensic cases, but with specific expertise in working with individuals charged or convicted of a sexual crime. She has testified in state, federal and military court and has testified numerous times in Civil Commitment hearings of Sexually Dangerous Individuals.
Other areas of forensic specialties include competency evaluations, criminal responsibility, threat assessments, violence risk, psychological injuries, parental capacities and more.
Benson belongs to local and national organizations and has taken leadership roles in both. She has been a board member of the North Dakota Psychological Association since and served as President for two of those years. Benson has met with Senators Byron Dorgan, Kent Conrad, Heidi Heitkamp and Representative Earl Pomeroy to lobby for issues directly related to the provision of quality mental health services and issues related to access to care.
Benson is a certified trainer in the Static 99R, Stable and Acute , the most well studied and most used assessment instruments for sexual offenders in the world, and she has trained providers in Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wyoming, Florida and New York.
