Monica Englander , LCSW

Monica Englander is an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - with 23 years of experience counseling individuals, couples, families, and groups. She focuses on strengthening self-esteem and helping people rebuild a sense of competence and confidence so they can manage relationships, emotions, and daily life more effectively.

She brings substantial experience in workplace and employee assistance program counseling and in supervising interns who are training toward licensure. Her caseload has included people from a wide range of careers and backgrounds, including many who work in the helping professions such as therapists, doctors, nurses, teachers, and caregivers.

Monica emphasizes respect for culture, identity, and personal beliefs, valuing what matters most to each person she works with. She views dignity and human rights as foundational, and she supports clients in aligning therapy with their own values and meaning.

Her approach is inquisitive and interactive - she listens closely to what clients need to say and explores the factors that make life feel less manageable or less satisfying. Many clients present with past trauma or wounds to their sense of worth; Monica prioritizes healing those injuries so people can feel safer in themselves and respond to life’s challenges with greater ease.

She works collaboratively and communicates openly, seeking to understand how clients feel, what they think, and what they want so their needs can be met. Monica believes that even a little help can make a meaningful difference in finding a way forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Monica often works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Narrative Therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and to build practical coping skills. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves - it helps separate problems from identity so clients can re-author their life narratives and reclaim strengths when facing relationship, self-esteem, or life-transition challenges. Psychodynamic ideas also inform her work, exploring how past relationships and patterns influence current feelings and choices, which can be useful for addressing long-standing wounds and family-of-origin issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Monica collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the work as progress and circumstances evolve. That collaborative stance helps tailor therapy to what will be most useful for the individual.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life changes, reduce travel time, and allow people to engage in therapy from settings that feel most supportive to them. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver effective, goal-focused treatment that aligns with each client’s priorities.