Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Monica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- Utah
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Monica
Monica Rawlings is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, and life changes. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce distress. Monica works in English and offers online formats so people can fit therapy into busy lives.
Monica uses straightforward, compassionate conversation to help people understand what drives their feelings. She listens for patterns in relationships, self-talk, and coping habits.
Background and approach
Together she and the client set small, realistic goals - for example, managing anger in specific situations or reducing panic symptoms during a trigger. Her methods draw on attachment-based and client-centered ideas, plus cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior tools.
That means sessions can include looking at how early relationships shape reactions, practicing new coping skills, and testing different ways of thinking about problems. Monica keeps sessions focused on usable skills and real-world practice. Monica has ten years of clinical experience and holds an LCMHC, which is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor.
She has worked with people dealing with trauma, addiction, grief, body image concerns, and parenting stress. She also brings sensitivity to neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ experiences while honoring each person’s values. Work usually begins by identifying a few immediate concerns and one or two small changes to try between sessions.
Monica supports steady progress over time and helps clients adjust strategies when life shifts or goals change.
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Monica lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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 Monica’s approaches work online
Monica uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches alongside cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships influence current reactions and can help with recurring patterns in relationships or anger. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client’s own goals guide each session. Cognitive behavioral work breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Monica will collaborate with each client to decide which methods to try first based on immediate needs and long-term goals. She encourages testing different strategies and adjusting the plan if something does not fit the client’s style or situation.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or screens are not convenient, live chat supports quicker check-ins or brief coaching, and text-based messaging is useful for short updates or when journaling feels helpful. These options make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, care schedules, or when travel is difficult, while still focusing on progress and skill building.
Questions people ask about Monica
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem and many life transitions.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and person-centered, with a practical focus on skills. Monica blends reflective conversation with exercises to practice between visits.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Monica has ten years of experience working with people through a range of challenges including trauma, addiction, and major life changes.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Utah as an LCMHC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and practices from that location.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from other countries as well.
How can sessions be delivered?
Work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist details; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.