About Monica
Monica Gutierrez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Arizona who uses a client-centered approach to help people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical skills and honest conversation so clients can make steady progress. Monica speaks English and Spanish and brings seven years of clinical experience to her work.
She often combines client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior therapy tools are included when clients need skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify goals and find their own reasons to change. Monica has worked in outpatient and inpatient settings and with a Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program team.
That range of experience informs how she plans care and adjusts support as needs shift. She pays attention to the relationship in sessions and aims to tailor therapy to each person’s situation. Common concerns she addresses include anxiety, panic attacks, mood issues, stress, self-esteem, grief, and coping with life changes.
She also supports people who struggle with body image, compassion fatigue, and young adult transitions. Monica aims for straightforward, useful strategies that clients can practice between sessions. Outside of work she enjoys crafting, long walks with her dog, and spending time with family and friends.
Those personal interests shape a down-to-earth style in the therapy room.
Practical approaches for online therapy
Monica commonly blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different responses. CBT focuses on concrete thought and behavior changes that can reduce anxiety and panic symptoms and improve mood.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT skills teach ways to manage intense feelings, cope with crises, and improve interpersonal effectiveness in day-to-day life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Monica collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can fit into a shorter break or use less bandwidth, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible while keeping the focus on useful skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Body image
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Virginia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Utah, Kansas, Montana, Maryland, Oregon, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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