Dr. Madsen is a licensed psychologist and the founder of Inner Spark Counseling in Summit, New Jersey. He specializes in working with teens, young adults, and families, offering both in-person and telehealth therapy.
Ben is also Director of Mental Health Services Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston NJ, where he works closely with students and parents navigating academic, emotional, and social challenges.
Graduate of Tufts University 2009, Major in Clinical Psychology, Minor in Music
Doctorate from Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. Serves clients from ethnically, culturally and racially diverse background.
Outside of his clinical work, Dr. Madsen loves playing with his 3 young sons, playing guitar and mandolin, powerlifting, Jiu Jitsu, and designing 3D prints.
These interests reflect the same mindset he brings into therapy: practice matters, progress is built over time, and meaningful change comes from showing up consistently.
Sarah Meller, LMSW, is a licensed therapist at Inner Spark Counseling, working with adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, and major life changes. She offers a supportive, straightforward approach that helps clients better understand their challenges and develop practical ways to address them.
Sarah draws from DBT, ACT, CBT, psychodynamic, and attachment-based therapies, adapting her approach to each client's needs. She helps clients recognize patterns in their thoughts, emotions, and relationships while developing skills to manage difficult situations and make lasting changes.
Jill Kunzman is a clinical intern at Inner Spark Counseling, providing telehealth therapy to adults under the supervision of Dr. Madsen.
With 20 years of pastoral counseling and educational and parenting consulting experience, Jill brings a depth of warmth and real-world wisdom to her work, meeting clients where they are and supporting meaningful growth and change.
Graduate of Smith College, Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (in progress), Bellevue University
Jake Binstein helps parents make sense of parental controls, privacy settings, and app permissions so they can lock down their kids' phones, tablets, and computers with confidence, and he keeps it friendly and jargon-free along the way.
He is a technology expert with years of hands-on experience across both hardware and software. His background spans software engineering, quality assurance, and full-stack web development, so he knows how systems work and where their weak spots are. Jake holds an MBA from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and is now pursuing a second master's there in cybersecurity.