Benjamin completed a clinical practicum with Community Counseling & Assessment Services (CCAS), a community mental health clinic sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). CCAS is a safety-net provider serving a diverse, urban population of primarily low-income clients. Following this practicum experience, he also completed an internship with the Counseling & Advocacy Center at Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC). In addition to individual and group counseling services, Benjamin clinically assessed students for ADA accommodation eligibility; served as co-advisor to the campus Queer student organization; collaborated with the KCKCC Art Gallery & KCKCC Center for Diversity on programing and advocacy; and advised faculty and staff on student crisis situations.

Benjamin has trained in trauma-informed care with neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Sweeton, the Arizona Trauma Institute, and the International Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. He has also completed sex therapy training and supervision experiences with Dr. Tammy Nelson of the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute as well as AASECT Certified Sex Therapists Julia Schafermeyer, LCPC, & Rae McDaniel, LCPC, author of Gender Magic. 

Benjamin is a member of the National Association of Psychometrists (NAPsy). He was trained in clinical mental health assessment by Dr. Johanna Nilsson of the University of Missouri-Kansas City; Dr. Carolyn Pepper, formerly of the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and Kansas Counseling Association past-president Linda Werner, LCPC, Director of the Counseling & Advocacy Center at Kansas City Kansas Community College.