About Monica
Monica Massengale uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people find balance and purpose. She introduces straightforward skills and steady support so clients can make changes that matter. Monica presents herself as a supportive listener who wants to help people move forward and feel more effective in daily life.
She draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness to keep work focused and usable. Sessions often involve learning simple tools for handling stress, anxiety, grief, or trouble sleeping.
How Monica works
Monica helps people name feelings, test unhelpful thoughts, and try new behaviors between sessions. Her background includes nearly two years at an addiction and homeless services center where she ran groups and learned practical techniques for outreach and stabilization.
She also spent about a year volunteering in hospice, sitting with people and families during end-of-life moments, which shaped her interest in grief and hospice counseling. Monica spent three years at a therapy agency working with survivors of abuse and with family concerns, using trauma-informed processes to reduce symptoms and build coping skills.
Those roles helped her focus on what she finds most meaningful in practice and informed her gentle, goal-driven style. People who work with Monica can expect a non-judgmental, kind, and steady tone. She helps clients notice both helpful and unhelpful thoughts, accept emotions without treating them as facts, and take small, practical steps toward goals.
Monica holds a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner credential in Nebraska (LIMHP).
Monica lists 7 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LIMHP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nebraska |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It emphasizes values-guided action so clients can move toward a meaningful life even when discomfort remains. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments to reduce anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve daily focus and sleep.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions start by clarifying what matters most and then trying techniques together, adjusting based on what helps in real life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for skills practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on usable skills and steady progress.
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