- Guilt and shame
- Anxiety and stress
- ACT and CBT methods
About Monica
Monica Avalos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with seven years of experience. She works with adults carrying stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She also helps people facing parenting strains, career worries, ADHD-related challenges, and questions around identity and relationships.
Monica sees people as the experts on their own lives. She uses that as a starting point and helps clients notice which patterns cause pain. Sessions focus on practical steps and small shifts that make daily life easier to manage. She avoids jargon and keeps conversations direct and clear.
Her work draws from several evidence-informed approaches. Monica uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live around painful feelings rather than be driven by them. She brings in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness skills and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Monica often supports people carrying guilt and shame, including shame tied to family, faith, or past choices. She also addresses issues linked to abandonment, adoption and foster care, immigration, chronic illness, and midlife transitions. She aims to help people make practical changes that fit their daily lives.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Monica helps clients set clear goals, practice skills between sessions, and track small changes over time. She works in English and is based in Texas.
How Monica’s approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without spending energy trying to get rid of them. It teaches values-based actions so clients can move toward what matters even when emotions are hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical experiments. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and for challenging self-critical thinking.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica will discuss options and make choices together based on goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps match skills and exercises to what feels practical in daily life.
The original profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find that working online can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekday or to maintain momentum between appointments. Online work can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions that avoid travel time, which can help when balancing parenting, work, or medical needs.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to guilt or shame?
She helps people dealing with guilt and shame tied to relationships, family, faith, or past choices. Other common concerns include anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting strain.
How does she approach feelings of guilt and shame in sessions?
Monica uses practical strategies from ACT, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Work is collaborative and focused on skills that can be used between sessions.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with seven years of clinical experience helping adults with anxiety, grief, depression, and related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LPC credential in Texas and practices from that state.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile did not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.