Monica made the decision to become a professional therapist when she was still a teenager in high school. By making herself available to friends who had problems with their family, friends or dating relationships, she learned the importance of listening and how to ask questions that encouraged constructive dialog. After graduation, she gained experience in her first career as an elementary school teacher and in her volunteer work in homeless shelters, programs for unwed mothers and mental health emergency treatment clinics. Monica considers the creation of an empathetic, non-judgmental environment a paramount necessity in her therapy practice because it enables clients to face their challenges with comfort and trust in the process. Monica uses an eclectic mix of therapies to emphasize psychodynamic principles, CBT, person-centered, and humanistic practices. In her safe, enriching and trusting environment, her clients can work through any issue they consider important. By understanding themselves and the way the past relates to the present, her clients make the progress they desire. Monica ’s depth of experience includes depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, grief and loss, low self-esteem and family & marital issues. She works equally well with young adults, individuals and couples. Monica is a Mental Health Counselor having earned her BA degree at C.W. Post College in New York. She received her Master’s degree from Argosy University.