Monica Avalos, LPC

Monica Avalos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She brings seven years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She emphasizes straightforward, practical work and treats each person with respect.

Monica believes people know their own stories and already carry strengths that can help them move forward. Sessions focus on identifying what matters to the client and building small, doable steps toward those goals. She keeps language clear and avoids jargon so parents and busy adults can follow the plan.

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment techniques, and client-centered listening. That mix lets her address difficult thoughts, teach coping skills, and support values-based choices. Mindfulness and dialectical behavior tools are also used when they match a person’s needs.

Monica works with concerns such as parenting stress, career strain, ADHD-related challenges, relationship hurt, loneliness, and midlife changes. She also supports people dealing with grief, chronic illness, immigration issues, adoption and foster care questions, and fertility or separation stress.

In sessions she aims to create a calm, practical space for learning new skills. People leave with specific strategies to try between meetings and a clearer plan for their next steps.

Approaches that guide online sessions

CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them against real-life evidence. It focuses on practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change behavior patterns that get in the way of daily life.

ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people to accept difficult feelings while choosing actions that match their values. This approach is useful for stress, grief, and decisions about life direction.

Client-Centered Therapy centers on respectful listening and understanding. It creates space for people to feel heard and to develop their own solutions with gentle guidance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Monica will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She adapts methods over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between appointments or use brief written reflections. These options make it easier to sustain therapy around family, work, and daily life.