About Monique
Monique Rourk is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and major life changes. Monique focuses on practical coping skills and on building clear goals with each person she sees.
Her approach is relaxed and down-to-earth. Sessions blend talk therapy with skill-building. Clients help choose goals and methods so work in therapy matches real life.
Background and approach
Monique aims to reduce distress and replace self-defeating habits with healthier patterns. She uses an integrative style that emphasizes client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques. Mindfulness, dialectical behavior methods, and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolbox.
That mix lets her tailor sessions to the problem at hand and to each person's pace. Monique draws on 20 years in counseling and holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling. She lists credentials as LMHC and LPC and practices in Michigan.
Her background includes focused work with trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and sexual or kink-related concerns. In sessions she helps people create safety, develop awareness, and learn concrete coping skills. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and better day-to-day functioning.
She prefers collaborative planning so clients leave with steps they can actually use.
How therapeutic methods translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person's lead. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It works well for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills that help with intense feelings and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Then methods are blended and adjusted over time so sessions stay relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Chat and text work well for shorter updates, tracking progress, or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
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