Therapist profile
Monique Goodson-Johnson, LCMHC
Licensed counselor - family and relationship concerns
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- Client-centered work
- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness use
About Monique
Monique Goodson-Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 17 years of experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and substance-related issues. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, intimacy and body-image problems, and the wear of caregiving or compassion fatigue.
She describes a multicultural, open-minded stance and aims to listen without judgment. Sessions focus on clear, practical conversation about what is happening at home and what the client hopes to change. She uses straightforward tools to help people manage daily tasks, reduce overwhelm, and improve communication with partners or family members.
Her work draws on client-centered principles that emphasize the person’s perspective. She also commonly uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and change behaviors. Emotionally-focused approaches and mindfulness techniques are used when attention to relationship patterns or emotional regulation is helpful.
Monique also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods when clients want concrete steps or a shorter-term plan. She can address adoption and foster care concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family problems, codependency, and divorce or separation stress. Practical coping strategies for sleep, eating, and anger are part of her toolkit.
People who come for parenting-related stress or family conflict can expect clear goals, short-term skills work, and ongoing adjustment of plans as life changes. Sessions emphasize what can be tried between meetings and how to track small gains over time.
How sessions work
How Monique’s approaches translate to online work
Many of her methods adapt well to remote sessions. Client-centered work means conversations focus on the person’s priorities and lived experience, and online meetings allow that focused talk to continue without extra travel. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying thought patterns and testing small behavior changes; online sessions can include guided exercises and homework the client practices between meetings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on how emotions shape relationship patterns and can be used to help someone notice and shift those patterns through focused dialogue and reflection.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Decisions are made together, and approaches can be adjusted over time based on what is helping and what is realistic for daily life.
The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use exercises or mindfulness practices between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like CBT worksheets, mindfulness instructions, and motivational interviewing prompts to remote settings to keep progress practical and focused.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
Monique works with adult concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting stress, and caregiver burnout.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach, listening to the person’s experience first and then adding methods like CBT, EFT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working with a range of adult concerns and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is credentialed as an LCMHC and practices in North Carolina.
Does she see people who live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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