About
- Anxiety and depression
- Parenting stress
- Attachment work
About Monica
Monica Davis is an Ohio licensed independent social worker (LISW) with six years of clinical experience. She has worked in community health centers and urban schools and sees adults for concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and grief.
She uses several evidence-informed approaches, including acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, and attachment-focused work. Sessions involve practical skills, talking through patterns, and building routines that reduce daily stress. Monica also integrates mindfulness and dialectical behavior ideas when helpful.
Monica pays attention to how identity and culture shape people's experiences. She offers identity-affirming care and attends to issues related to discrimination, sexuality, and multicultural concerns. Her work often looks at attachment patterns and family of origin problems that affect current relationships and parenting.
When trauma is part of the picture she addresses post-traumatic stress, dissociation, and the effects of abuse in concrete ways. She helps people develop coping skills for anger, grief, and shame, and supports those managing attention differences and life transitions.
Sessions are conversational and practical. Monica focuses on clear goals, mindful practices, and skills you can use between meetings. She asks about your priorities and builds a plan that fits your day-to-day life.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward them while building skills to tolerate difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and decisions around parenting and relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people identify and change those patterns to improve closeness and boundaries. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s perspective, using reflective listening and collaboration to make space for self-exploration and practical problem solving.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica will discuss which methods fit your goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as you learn what helps. The process is collaborative - you and the therapist decide what techniques to try and how to use them between sessions.
The practical benefits of remote work often include fitting sessions into a busy day and shorter check-ins when needed. Because specific session formats are not listed in her profile, confirm current session options before booking. Online meetings can make it easier to continue care during life changes and to practice skills in everyday settings without needing extra travel time.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and grief among other issues listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach blends acceptance and commitment therapy, client-centered work, CBT and DBT elements with attachment-focused practices and mindfulness.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working in community health centers and urban schools in Ohio.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an Ohio LISW, which stands for Licensed Independent Social Worker, and practices from Ohio.
Does she hold sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.