About Monica
Monica Garnett is a licensed counselor who uses collaborative, practical methods to help people manage anxiety and stress. She focuses on building self-awareness and teaching concrete skills for daily life. Monica brings a calm, direct approach and aims to make therapy something people can use between sessions.
She draws on client-centered methods to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps her guide people to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for emotional regulation and tolerating distress. Monica has three years of professional experience as a licensed counselor. Her background includes work with people coping with addiction, grief, trauma and relationship concerns.
She also supports those facing low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, anger, and life transitions. In sessions she focuses on clear goals and practical steps. That can mean short-term solution-focused planning, motivational interviewing to strengthen change, or skill-building exercises to reduce anxiety.
She works at the client’s pace and adjusts methods to what helps most. Monica offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works with English-speaking clients in California and accepts international clients as well.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How Monica’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting people where they are. In online sessions this means the therapist follows your lead, reflects what matters to you, and helps you set personally meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; online work often includes homework, thought records, and real-time practice during video or chat sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for regulating emotion and tolerating distress; these skills can be practiced in short check-ins or through messaging between sessions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Monica will work collaboratively to choose methods that match your needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time based on what helps most, and she will discuss options so you can make informed decisions together.
Online formats offer practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera feels difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging let you check in between sessions, send quick updates, or use brief coaching during a busy day. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on useful, goal-oriented work.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, New Jersey, California, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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