Monica Williams

Monica Williams is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) practicing in Ohio. She earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Cincinnati in 2018 and has seven years of clinical experience in addiction and mental health settings. Monica focuses on helping people find steady ground during painful or confusing times.

She works with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction. Monica also helps with stress, low self-esteem, anger, and coping with life changes. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, codependency, and issues around guilt and shame.

Monica uses straightforward, compassionate care. Sessions include practical tools and clear steps people can try between meetings. She aims to create a space where someone can talk through difficult feelings and practice new ways of coping.

Her approach draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside acceptance and mindfulness ideas. She also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful patterns and make different choices. Motivational strategies are used when people are working on addiction or behavior change.

People can expect collaborative goal-setting and direct feedback. Monica emphasizes small, manageable changes and skills that fit into everyday life. She describes her style as honest and supportive while holding realistic expectations about progress.

How Monica’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on helping people process painful memories and reduce their hold on day-to-day life. Work usually involves talking through past events at a pace that feels manageable and learning skills to reduce strong emotional reactions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice their thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them. It emphasizes values-based action so clients can take small steps toward a life they care about, even when hard feelings remain.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what is heard, and helps the person shape their own solutions rather than prescribing fixes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals and comfort. That might mean combining trauma-focused techniques with ACT or pulling in mindfulness and cognitive tools depending on how someone responds.

To confirm how sessions are delivered, please check the listed session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use mindfulness practices or worksheets between sessions to build skills that carry into everyday life.