About Monica
Monica Furgiuele is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and changes in life. She focuses on building confidence and improving self esteem. Monica aims to make the first step easier by offering steady support and a respectful space to speak openly.
Monica keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps clients name what matters and try small, doable changes. Conversations often focus on patterns of thought, how those thoughts affect feelings and behavior, and practical tools to respond differently.
How Monica works
Her background includes work with people facing compassion fatigue, isolation and loneliness, and concerns about body image or control. Monica also supports those dealing with communication problems and questions about life purpose. She has experience providing hospice and end-of-life counseling and addressing social anxiety and phobia.
Monica uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's pace and priorities. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and on Existential Therapy to help people find meaning when life shifts. These approaches are woven together to match a client's needs.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided remotely from California. Monica has twelve years of professional experience as a California licensed marriage and family therapist, and she works with clients to set realistic goals and build everyday coping skills.
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Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Monica’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's pace. The therapist focuses on understanding your priorities and creating a respectful space to talk, which works well over video or phone for ongoing conversations.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking and trying small behavioral experiments, which can be done through live chat check-ins or short video tasks between meetings.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica will help you decide which methods match your goals and preferences and adjust the plan as you go. She checks in regularly to make sure sessions feel useful and aligned with what you want to change.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let you use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for briefer check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and quick support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try different formats until you find what helps best.
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