About Monica
Monica Garnett practices using a collaborative, engaging approach that helps clients build self-awareness and regain control over their lives.
Background and approach
Monica is presented as a licensed counselor with credentials as LCPC and LPC, and she draws on multiple evidence-based methods to help people develop coping strategies, manage emotions, and address challenges like anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. She frames therapy as a partnership where practical skills and personal insight work together to support change.
With three years of documented experience, Monica focuses on areas including stress, anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, and coaching for life transitions. Her background also includes work related to addictive behaviors and improving communication for partners.
Services emphasize emotional regulation, problem solving, and motivation to sustain healthier patterns. Located in California, Monica offers flexible online formats to meet clients where they are, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She accepts English-speaking and international clients and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
Using practical therapy approaches in online care
Monica commonly blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify values, build insight, and practice new skills. Client-centered Therapy focuses on empathy, active listening, and collaboration to support personal growth and is useful for improving self-awareness and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thinking and behavior by teaching concrete techniques for anxiety, depression, and stress management, helping clients change unhelpful habits and build coping strategies.Choosing the most helpful approach is part of the therapeutic process. She works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then adapts methods so the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single model. This collaborative planning allows for adjustments as progress unfolds and priorities shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue care across locations. Those formats can support skill practice between sessions and allow therapists and clients to maintain momentum even when in-person meetings are not possible.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, New Jersey, California, Virginia
- Languages
- English