About Harold
Harold "Lanny" Monson offers calm, direct support for people facing relationship and life challenges. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience. He helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, parenting strains, and struggles around intimacy and self-esteem.
Monson favors practical, down-to-earth conversations. He listens first, then helps a person name patterns and try new ways of coping. He often uses approaches that focus on the client's experience, thoughts and behavior, and skills for managing emotions and communication.
How Harold works
His background includes long-term work with people affected by substance abuse, domestic violence, and sexual trauma. He has also worked in correctional settings and with military and civilian populations on a secured base. That experience shaped his interest in power dynamics and how people regain control of their lives.
Monson earned a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Utah State University. He completed a Post-Master's Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy and later became a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT.
In practice he draws on a theory he developed called "Displaced Power," which helps people shift from feeling powerless to reclaiming their sense of agency. He blends that perspective with practical methods to address stress, communication problems, parenting concerns, and trauma recovery.
Harold lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Harold works with
The areas below are the ones Harold selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people name their own goals and values. Online sessions let that conversation continue in a way that suits a person's schedule and pace, with space to reflect between check-ins.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. In video or chat sessions the therapist and client can work on practical skills, try behavioral experiments, and track small changes between meetings.
The Gottman Method targets relationship patterns and communication skills. Couples or individuals can practice new ways of talking and responding during live video sessions and then report back in chat or messaging about what worked.
Finding the right approach is part of the process, and the therapist will collaborate to choose methods that match the client's needs and goals. He will adapt techniques across formats so the work fits the person's life and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to regular care. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help fit therapy into busy days and support steady progress.
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