About Monica
Monica Avalos is a Licensed Professional Counselor who offers practical, down-to-earth support for people facing life challenges. She draws on seven years of experience working with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, and ADHD. Monica emphasizes respect for each person's story and strengths.
She meets clients where they are and helps them take small, workable steps forward. Monica uses a mix of approaches to fit different needs. She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients focus on personal values and take meaningful action even when feelings are hard. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical. Monica listens first, then offers strategies clients can try between meetings.
She also works on skills for emotional regulation and managing intense moments when needed. The aim is clearer thinking and better day-to-day coping. People come to her for a range of issues beyond anxiety and depression.
She supports those dealing with major life changes, parenting stress, career decisions, identity-related concerns including LGBT matters, and relationship-related challenges like separation or commitment worries. Monica also addresses long-term concerns such as chronic illness, attachment questions, and feelings of isolation. Her style is calm and straightforward.
Monica helps clients set realistic goals and track progress. She encourages practical experiments that can lead to more satisfying routines and greater resilience.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Monica often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify patterns that keep problems going and offers practical experiments to change them.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit those needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to focus on as work progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make therapy more flexible. Video suits deeper conversations and skills practice, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for focused check-ins, and messaging lets people share short updates or get support between sessions. These options help people fit sessions around work, family, and other obligations while still engaging with therapeutic tools and homework.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English