Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
How Monica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Monica
Monica Purvis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, grief, and parenting challenges. She uses straightforward support to help clients find practical ways forward. Monica draws on 21 years of experience listening and guiding people through hard moments.
Clients can expect a calm, respectful approach that centers their goals. Monica focuses on skills that people can use between sessions. She explains tools in plain language and practices steady, patient listening.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, and addiction concerns. She also helps with self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and coping with major life changes. Monica pays attention to how attachment and communication patterns affect everyday life.
Monica blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused work. She also uses trauma-focused approaches when past events are getting in the way of present functioning. This mix allows her to adapt to different issues and goals.
Sessions tend to be practical and goal-oriented. Monica helps people learn new ways of reacting, manage impulses, and rebuild trust in themselves. She supports parents through the strain of raising children and helps people facing separation, blended family challenges, or grief.
Based in Georgia, Monica brings two decades of practice to each meeting. She aims to make therapy understandable and useful, so people can try new behaviors and see what changes for them.
What Monica works with
Everything Monica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Monica's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Monica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Monica uses client-centered therapy to put the person's goals and perspective first. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people choose their next steps. It is useful when someone needs a space to be heard and to clarify what matters most to them.She also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. CBT provides concrete tools for managing anxiety, anger, and depression by changing unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new behaviors. This approach works well for people who want specific strategies to try between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Monica will talk with each person about their needs, preferences, and goals, and then adapt techniques to fit. The plan can change as progress is made and new priorities come up.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have fuller conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short coping strategies, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options help make regular sessions easier to fit into busy lives and different schedules.
Questions people ask about Monica
What concerns does this therapist address?
Monica focuses on stress, anxiety, anger, grief, parenting, addictions, trauma and related relationship issues. She also helps with self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and practical, centering on the client's goals. She uses listening, coaching, and skill building so people can try new behaviors between sessions.
What is her clinical experience?
She has 21 years of experience working with a range of concerns, including trauma, family problems, addiction, and parenting challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices in Georgia.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Monica offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.