About Monica
Monica Englander is an LCSW with 23 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on helping people regain confidence and manage the stresses that make daily life feel overwhelming. Monica listens closely and asks practical questions so clients can describe what isn’t working and what they want to change.
Her approach is conversational and interactive. She helps people name wounds from the past that still affect how they feel about themselves.
Background and approach
When self-worth improves, relationships, work, and mood often become easier to handle. Monica uses tools drawn from several therapy styles to match the person in front of her. She offers clear, goal-oriented steps alongside space to understand personal stories and deeper patterns.
Clients learn strategies to reduce anxiety and stress while also exploring how their life story shapes current problems. She has worked with people from many backgrounds and many careers, including those in helping professions. Monica respects each person’s culture, identity, and values, and she centers what matters most to the individual in planning treatment.
Her sessions aim to be practical and steady. Monica checks in about what is and isn’t working, adjusts approaches when needed, and supports people as they test changes in their everyday lives. Her goal is to help clients feel more capable, more resilient, and more comfortable being themselves.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Monica draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy to help people change how they respond to problems and reshape the stories they tell about themselves. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from problems and rewrite life stories in ways that support healthier choices.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she will adapt the plan as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit regular work into a busy life. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging support quick check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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