About Monique
Monique Rourk is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction, and trauma-related concerns. She keeps sessions relaxed and practical, and invites clients to set goals and choose how to work toward them. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, built around collaboration and real-life problem solving.
Monique favors a mix of talk-based work and skill-building. Some sessions focus on sharing and processing thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Other sessions emphasize concrete skills for coping, emotional regulation, and daily functioning. She uses client-centered methods to meet people where they are. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and try different ways of responding.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness strategies are added when emotional regulation and stress tolerance are priorities. Monique describes her style as down-to-earth and nonjudgmental. Over a 20-year career she has supported people with mood disorders, trauma, addiction, intimacy and kink-related concerns, and relationship challenges.
She aims to help clients build safety, self-awareness, and practical routines that reduce distress. Monique holds a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and carries the LMHC and LPC credentials. She practices in Michigan and uses an integrative, individualized plan for each person.
Therapy approaches that translate to online sessions
Monique often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and shaping the work around what the person says matters. This approach helps people feel heard and steers the pace and goals of sessions toward what they want to change.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and tests small changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. CBT can be practical for work on routines, problem solving, and ADHD-related organization challenges.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are included when emotion regulation or stress tolerance are central concerns. DBT skill work teaches concrete strategies for managing intense feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life, then try methods that fit. That way the plan can shift as progress is made and new needs arise.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel time. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, while phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, homework support, or when a written format feels easier. These options let clients fit sessions into work breaks, evening hours, or otherwise busy days.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Washington
- Languages
- English
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