About Monica
Monica Englander is an LCSW with more than two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people build self-esteem and manage stress so life feels more manageable. Monica is direct and communicative and prioritizes listening to what each person needs.
Her style is inquisitive and interactive. She asks questions to learn what is causing pain or overwhelm and helps people name the wounds that keep repeating in their lives.
How Monica works
She stresses practical change - feeling better about yourself so other problems become easier to handle. Monica has worked in corporate and employee assistance program counseling and has supervised interns pursuing licensure. Her caseload has included people from many career backgrounds, including those who work in helping roles such as healthcare and education.
She emphasizes respect for culture, identity, and what matters personally to each client. Common concerns she addresses include anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, parenting challenges, career and workplace problems, and life transitions. She also focuses on codependency, divorce and separation, family of origin concerns, and questions of life purpose and midlife change.
Sessions aim to help people feel safer in themselves and more confident in their choices. Monica works collaboratively to set goals and adjusts her approach based on what a person needs at the time. She invites an open conversation about progress and next steps so people feel heard and supported.
Monica lists 4 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches and how online therapy can help
Monica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and lift mood. CBT is practical and usually centers on skills you can use between sessions.She also draws on Narrative Therapy, which helps people separate themselves from problem stories and rewrite the way they understand their experiences. This approach can be useful for people who feel stuck by past events or identity-related struggles.
Finding the right approach happens together. Monica will talk with you about your goals, try approaches that fit your needs, and adjust based on what helps. The process is collaborative and aims to find what makes a real difference for you.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well for an interactive conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work days, caregiving schedules, or times when leaving home is difficult.
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A practical next step
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