Monique Franklin, LCSW

Monique Franklin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on practical, solution-minded therapy. She uses clear, goal-oriented methods to help people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles.

She meets clients where they are and works in plain language. Sessions focus on concrete steps clients can use between meetings. Monique emphasizes building self-understanding, strengthening communication, and managing strong emotions like anger or grief.

Monique draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape sessions. That means she helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and set small, achievable goals. She also supports work around family problems, caregiving stress, and forgiveness and self-love concerns.

She brings eleven years of experience as an LCSW and maintains licenses in Illinois and New Jersey. Her background includes extensive work around trauma and abuse recovery alongside ongoing life transitions and career stress.

Monique values cultural awareness and approaches each person with respect for their background. Her style is collaborative and direct, aiming to help people build skills they can use in daily life. She works with clients in Indiana and accepts international clients for online sessions.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online

Monique uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try different responses, and reduce upsetting feelings over time. CBT sessions typically include practical exercises and homework so changes show up in daily life.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zero in on a client's goals and small steps toward them. This approach highlights strengths and what already works, making progress feel more manageable when life feels overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist talks with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they tailor techniques and decide whether to focus more on thoughts and behavior or on short-term solutions and goal-setting.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video works well for full sessions and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can help with quick support, homework prompts, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work when travel or schedules change.