Monica Avalos, LPC - Therapist in Texas

About Monica

Monica Avalos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem concerns, parenting struggles, career transitions, and ADHD. Monica uses practical strategies and steady support to help people take the first steps toward change.

She emphasizes that clients know their own stories and brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions. Monica draws from several evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person.

Background and approach

She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients accept difficult feelings while moving toward valued goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. Mindfulness skills and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used for grounding and emotion regulation.

Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Monica listens closely and helps set small, achievable goals between visits. She offers tools you can try at home and checks in on progress in simple ways.

Her practice includes support for people navigating life transitions, parenting pressures, relationship shifts, and issues tied to identity and belonging. Monica also works with concerns like chronic illness, attachment questions, and immigration-related stress. Therapy is offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Monica holds Texas LPC 77877 and frames therapy as a step-by-step process that adapts to each person’s needs and pace.

How Monica’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people live in line with their values while accepting uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help when life changes, grief, or anxiety make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical tools to change patterns that get in the way. It is useful for worry, low mood, and problem-solving. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple exercises to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which supports stress and emotion regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica treats therapy as a partnership and will help you figure out which methods fit your goals and preferences. She blends techniques as needed and checks in to see what’s helpful so the plan adapts over time.

Online therapy provides flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to use skills in real time between meetings. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach exercises, review progress, and provide steady support without requiring travel.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Monica works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem struggles, parenting issues, career changes, ADHD, and LGBT related concerns. She also offers help around abandonment, attachment, chronic illness, and other life transitions.

How would you describe her style in sessions?

Her approach is collaborative and conversational. Monica listens first, then suggests small practical steps and skills to try between meetings.

What is her experience working as a clinician?

She has seven years of professional experience providing mental health support and has worked with a range of stress and life-change issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with license TX LPC 77877, and practices from Texas.

Which languages are sessions offered in and are international clients supported?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Costs vary by location and therapist availability and are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 7 years
Licensed: Texas
Languages: English

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