About Monica
Monica Cruz is an LCSW with 16 years of clinical experience based in Louisiana. She focuses on helping people who are under stress, struggling with mood concerns, or facing difficult life changes. Monica listens without judgment and works with clients to set clear, manageable goals.
She helps people with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and trauma and abuse. Addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and relationship problems are also within her focus. Monica supports people dealing with body image, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, and career stress.
How Monica works
Her work draws on attachment-based and client-centered ways of working. She also uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns. The Gottman Method informs her approach to relationship concerns where communication and connection are priorities.
In a typical session Monica will listen closely, help clarify what matters most, and break goals into small steps. She emphasizes practical strategies people can try between sessions and checks progress together. Sessions aim to feel collaborative and steady rather than rushed.
Monica offers a range of formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are offered in English and administered under a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.
Monica lists 12 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How Monica’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on how early connections shape current relationships and emotional safety. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in attachment, rebuild trust, and practice different ways of asking for support.Client-centered therapy centers on being heard and understood. In this approach the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people arrive at their own solutions, which can be especially helpful for processing grief, self-esteem, or life direction concerns.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In teletherapy CBT can be used to identify unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors between sessions, and track progress with concrete exercises and worksheets.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Monica works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences. She checks in about what is or isn't helping and adjusts plans together as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility - video calls let people work face to face without travel, phone sessions need less bandwidth, and live chat or text sessions allow brief check-ins during a busy day. These formats make it easier to fit care into work, school, or family routines while maintaining consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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A practical next step
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