About Monique
Monique Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Virginia. They focus on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or ADHD. Monique uses clear, practical steps so conversations feel manageable and focused on next steps.
Monique takes a person-centered approach and meets people where they are. Sessions emphasize listening, building strengths, and finding coping skills that fit everyday life. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what matters and move toward goals at their own pace.
Background and approach
CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are used to help change unhelpful thinking and build values-based action. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered when people need tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and patterns that recur across situations.
A focus on practical strategies means sessions often include short exercises and homework to practice between meetings. Monique has five years of clinical experience and a background supporting people after crises, with mood and behavioral concerns, grief, and trauma. Sessions can be arranged by completing the site’s matching questionnaire and scheduling through the provided system.
Monique works with adults in Virginia and conducts sessions in English.
Therapeutic approaches that translate online
Monique commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in online work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms over time.Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are also part of the toolkit when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. These skills teach clear steps for handling intense feelings and for improving how people cope day-to-day. Monique will discuss these approaches and collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs and goals.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels unnecessary. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and follow-up between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules while focusing on concrete skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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