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Monica Cruz, LCSW

Helping people take steady steps forward

16 years in practice · based in Louisiana · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Monica

Monica Cruz is a licensed clinical social worker with sixteen years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She offers steady, down-to-earth support and listens first to understand each person's situation. Monica focuses on practical steps people can take to feel better over time.

Monica works with stress and anxiety and a wide range of related concerns. She helps with depression, bipolar challenges, addiction, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also supports people facing issues around intimacy, body image, eating and sleeping, and career or life changes.

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Background and approach

Her approach centers on building a plan that fits each person's daily life. Monica uses client-centered conversations to clarify goals, attachment-based ideas to understand relationships, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She prefers short, manageable steps so change feels possible and realistic.

Sessions can include coaching-style check-ins, skills practice, and problem-solving for immediate stressors. She pays attention to patterns such as codependency, control issues, abandonment concerns, and attachment wounds. Monica also has experience with concerns tied to kink and alternative sex culture and blended family dynamics.

Monica practices in Louisiana and holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She provides services in English and uses a collaborative, nonjudgmental tone. Her aim is clear: help people set workable goals and take steady steps toward them.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and trust. Online sessions using this lens focus on building safer ways to relate and improving closeness in important relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In video or phone sessions clients practice those skills and get real-time feedback to change daily routines and habits.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs. Together you can adjust techniques and pace until the plan fits your life and feels useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video lets you see facial cues and role-play skills, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and skill reminders possible between longer sessions. These options make therapy easier to fit into work, parenting, or other daily routines.
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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Monica address?
She works with stress and anxiety along with depression, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, and addictions. Additional areas include grief, intimacy and body image issues, eating and sleeping problems, and career or life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She takes a client-centered approach that starts with listening and goal setting. Sessions combine practical skills, problem-solving, and plans broken into small steps.
What is her background and experience?
Monica has sixteen years of clinical experience and has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. She emphasizes steady progress and a nonjudgmental stance.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Louisiana as an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can clients in other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and needs.
How do fees and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
16 years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English

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