Monique Trump Snelson

Monique Trump Snelson is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on trauma-informed care and practical tools for everyday life. She helps people manage anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and the fallout from past trauma. Her style is direct but compassionate, aimed at making therapy understandable and useful from the first session.

She blends Trauma-Focused Therapy with attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That helps when people struggle with intimacy, abandonment worries, or family of origin issues. Monique also uses client-centered methods so the work stays grounded in each person’s priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills appear when people need strategies for managing intense emotions or changing unhelpful thinking. Sessions often include concrete practice - breathing, thought tracking, or behavioral experiments - that clients can use between meetings.

Monique has eight years of clinical experience and works with adults facing life transitions such as career change, parenting strain, grief, or recovery from abuse. She also supports people coping with compassion fatigue, chronic health concerns, and complicated family dynamics.

Her approach is collaborative: she listens first, then builds a plan with clear steps. Clients are encouraged to try small changes and notice what helps. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect a person to Monique for an initial meeting.

How trauma-informed and attachment approaches work online

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding how past painful events affect present feelings and reactions. In practice this can mean slowly naming memories, building safety through coping skills, and practicing new ways of responding to triggers.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns that developed in early relationships and how they show up now. The approach helps people notice connection habits, improve communication, and feel more secure in close relationships.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s own goals and pacing. The therapist offers reflection and support while the client leads the topics and decides how to move forward.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your needs, goals, and preferences and collaborate on which methods to try first. That plan can change over time based on what helps most.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the currently offered session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people attend from quieter surroundings. Licensed professionals can use these formats to continue the same therapeutic work you would expect in person.