Ben Sleight earned his Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He has over 10 years of experience serving trauma survivors in a wide range of settings including active-duty military, Veterans’ clinics, disaster response, refugee resettlement, homeless shelters, and higher education.

As a survivor of cancer and sexual violence himself, he’s experienced firsthand the difficulty of healing the past. That’s why he has devoted his career to providing his clients with the highest quality posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment possible. He is currently the only provider of massed delivery of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD available to the public in Hawai’i.

In addition to his clinical work, Ben provides training, consultation, and mentorship to clinicians seeking to improve their treatment of PTSD. He volunteers each year at the Annual CPT Summit to help spread the reach of evidence-based PTSD treatment. He has also spoken on Olelo Community Media about Suicide Prevention and lobbied for additional funding for PTSD treatment in Hawai’i.

Most importantly, he is a husband and father. He loves to hike, run, and rewatch 90’s Star Trek. He is also guilty of occasionally taking his weekend recreational softball league a little too seriously.

Education, Training, and Licensure:

• Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Hawaii Licensed Mental Health Counselor No. 975
• National Board for Certified Counselors ID#1371745
• TRICARE Certified Mental Health Counselor
• Trained and mentored in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD by Dr. Kathleen Chard, one of the original treatment co-authors, through the STRONG STAR Training Initiative
• Intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Prolonged Exposure Protocol (DBT PE) by Dr. Melanie S. Harned PhD, ABPP and Dr. Lori Ritschel, PhD
• Foundationally trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy through Behavioral Tech Institute (BTECH), the world’s foremost leader in DBT training
• Mentored in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy by Karissa Krapf, LCSW, DBT-LBC
• Additional training including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy from the Beck Institute, Counseling on Access to Lethal Means, Crisis Response Planning, and Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD