About Monica
Monica Cesar McGraw is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts. She speaks English and Portuguese and brings six years of hands-on experience to sessions. Monica focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation.
She uses clear, practical tools to help clients make small changes that add up. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs, with straightforward goal-setting and steps to try between meetings.
How Monica works
Monica draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work, mindfulness, and solution-oriented conversations to address mood, worry, and difficult life transitions. Monica also supports people coping with relationship strain, family problems, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and ADHD-related challenges. She works with issues tied to aging, caregiver stress, end-of-life concerns, and the complicated feelings that follow loss and separation.
Her practice includes attention to obsessive-compulsive symptoms, panic, phobias, postpartum depression, and post-traumatic stress. Her style is respectful and calm. Monica tailors sessions to each person’s pace and priorities, and she helps people find practical strategies they can use day to day.
She aims to make the process manageable and to help clients build on their strengths. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability. Monica’s approach is collaborative and geared toward realistic steps for lasting change.
Monica lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Monica works with
The areas below are the ones Monica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online
Monica often uses cognitive behavioral approaches that look at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. CBT helps break unhelpful patterns and teaches practical skills for anxiety, mood, and panic. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal responses when emotions run high.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods that fit. This is a collaborative process where approaches are adjusted as progress is made and priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill demonstrations and deeper work. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option or when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging let people check in between longer sessions or use brief coaching-style support when needed.
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