About Harold
Harold "Lanny" Monson is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience. He helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or anxious find clearer ways to manage stress and rebuild hope. He listens without judgment and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Monson draws on life experience working in many settings, including correctional facilities, substance use programs, and military family advocacy. He has worked with survivors of sexual assault and with people affected by domestic violence.
Background and approach
That background informs a calm, steady approach when trauma or loss is part of the story. He uses simple tools to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck. He often combines client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practice.
He also uses methods developed for relationship work when intimacy, communication, or parenting are at issue. Monson has worked with a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, addiction, ADHD, grief, and self-esteem. He has a history of outreach to underserved groups and experience supporting LGBTQ people and those facing racial injustice.
He aims to help clients move from feeling powerless toward feeling more control in daily life. Education includes a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University, a Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Utah State University, and a Post-Master's Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary’s University.
He holds licensure as an LMFT in Utah and Washington and has served as an approved supervisor. In sessions he focuses on what a person wants to be different and builds steps to get there. He names patterns, offers tools, and helps people take practical actions that fit their lives.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on a respectful, listening-based conversation where the person sets the pace and goals. It helps people who want a supportive space to talk through feelings and decisions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety or change unhelpful habits. The Gottman Method offers structured tools for improving communication and resolving conflicts in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try different methods to see what helps. That collaborative plan can shift over time as needs change and progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when travel is hard. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for flexible check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Washington
- Languages
- English
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