About Monica
Monica Jones is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 10 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She also supports people facing low self-esteem, parenting strains, anger, grief, and major life changes. Monica approaches work with simple, direct support and respect for each person's strengths.
She believes people know their own stories and brings guidance rather than directions. Sessions focus on practical steps, skill building, and clearer thinking.
How Monica works
Monica uses tools to help people identify patterns, shift unhelpful thoughts, and make values-based choices. Her background includes a decade of clinical practice in Louisiana, where she worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, bipolar mood challenges, and career stress. That experience informs a flexible approach that mixes evidence-informed strategies with attention to relationships and emotions.
Monica draws on several therapy styles to match what an individual needs. She may use exercises to increase emotional awareness, strategies to change behaviors, and conversations that center the client's perspective. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
People who choose her can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through painful topics like family of origin issues, abandonment, eating and body image concerns, and caregiver stress. Monica offers regular feedback and collaborative planning so clients leave each session with clear next steps.
Monica lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How these approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real situations to change behavior and mood. It can be useful for depression, anxiety, and coping with addictions. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape reactions and helps people build new patterns for feeling safer in relationships and handling attachment issues.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in sessions and between appointments.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates or do brief check-ins between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to keep consistent progress.
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