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Monica Zepeda

Compassionate LCSW helping families navigate change

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
9 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
Spanish
Format
Online sessions

About Monica

Monica Zepeda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She brings nine years of experience working in medical and mental health settings. Monica focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes.

She also addresses family and relationship concerns and self-esteem struggles. Monica uses a collaborative, strengths-focused approach. She treats people as the experts on their own lives and works alongside them to build practical coping skills.

Background and approach

Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, doable steps toward improvement. Her background in medical settings means she is familiar with challenges tied to illness, caregiving, and aging. That experience informs how she supports those facing chronic pain, cancer, or caregiver stress.

Monica also has experience with adoption and foster care issues and blended family dynamics. Common topics she addresses include communication problems, codependency, commitment concerns, and separation or divorce. She can help people navigating avoidant or dependent personality patterns and feelings of emptiness.

Monica offers services in Spanish as well as English. She works through a subscription model that allows flexible scheduling and can be canceled at any time. To begin, a client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to availability.

Practical therapy approaches and online access

Monica draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on skill-building and problem solving. One approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce anxiety and low mood. This method helps people notice thinking traps and choose more balanced responses.

Another approach centers on behavioral changes and gradual exposure to avoidant patterns. It helps clients take small steps toward activities or conversations they have been avoiding, which can improve confidence and relationships. These methods are useful for stress, relationship problems, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica works with each person to set goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. She supports clients in choosing strategies that match their needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexibility and convenience through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to continue care when life gets in the way. Licensed professionals can provide the same focused therapeutic work across these formats while keeping appointments more accessible.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Monica commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, family and relationship concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care, and blended family issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Monica uses a collaborative, strengths-based approach that treats the client as the expert on their life. Sessions focus on practical skills and clear, achievable goals.
What is her professional background?
She has nine years of experience working in medical and mental health settings, which informs her work with illness, caregiving, and related stresses.
Where is Monica licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, credential FL LCSW SW21167, practicing in Florida.
Does she offer services in other languages?
Sessions are offered in Spanish in addition to English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
9 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
Spanish

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