About Monica
Monica Guerrero uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide people through stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 23 years of clinical experience and offers sessions in English and Spanish. Monica writes plainly and meets people where they are to help build coping skills and self-compassion.
She focuses on depression, self-esteem, panic and social anxiety, and supports people facing cancer, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and seasonal mood shifts.
How Monica works
Monica helps clients untangle guilt, shame, and loneliness while exploring life purpose and self-love. Sessions often include practical strategies for handling everyday stressors and emotional setbacks. Her background spans more than two decades of practice in New York and other states, bringing long-term experience with common and complex mood concerns.
Monica draws on approaches that have research support to create tailored plans for each person. She adapts interventions to cultural context and language needs when offering bilingual care. Work in sessions is collaborative and straightforward.
Monica helps people notice patterns, try new coping tools, and reframe unhelpful thoughts. She also addresses communication difficulties and forgiveness work when those themes come up. To begin, Monica asks clients to identify short-term goals and what they hope to change.
Over time the focus shifts to building sustainable habits, strengthening resilience, and increasing self-compassion. Progress is measured in concrete changes people can use day to day.
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
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Monica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach involves helping people identify unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depression. Another approach centers on building coping strategies for stress, grief, and chronic illness by practicing skills, pacing activities, and improving self-care routines.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica will work with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief reflections between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit around work, appointments, or caregiving responsibilities.
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