About Monica
Monica Massengale is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) based in Nebraska who focuses on practical, compassionate support. She aims to help people find balance, purpose, and more manageable days. She likes to listen and teach skills that can be used after sessions end.
Her style is nonjudgmental and goal-driven. She uses straightforward conversation to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Monica encourages small, doable steps so progress feels real and sustainable.
Background and approach
Monica has six years of clinical experience across several settings. She has worked in hospice care, supporting people and their loved ones through end-of-life moments. She also spent time at an addiction and homeless services center running groups and working with individuals.
At an outpatient agency she worked with survivors of abuse and people managing trauma symptoms. There she used trauma-focused processes to help clients build coping skills and reduce distress. Those years strengthened her skills with grief, trauma, and relationship concerns.
Monica commonly helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, sleep trouble, anger, and ADHD-related struggles. She also supports issues such as compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and life changes. In sessions she validates feelings, points out options, and teaches practical strategies clients can use between meetings.
Approaches that guide online care and practical skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, or sleep trouble. It usually involves clear steps and homework to practice between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress, sleep, and ADHD-related concentration problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Monica will talk with clients about goals, concerns, and what feels doable, then shape a plan that mixes these methods. The process is collaborative - clients and the therapist decide which exercises and strategies fit best for everyday life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people work more like an in-person visit, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging is helpful for ongoing thoughts between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and varying comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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