- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LCSW, LISW
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Monica
Monica DuShane is a licensed clinical social worker who brings nine years of experience to her practice. She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and works from Ohio. Monica focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.
She listens first and helps clients set small, doable goals. Sessions often include talk, skill-building, and steps to manage overwhelming feelings. Monica uses straightforward tools to address sleep problems, anger, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Monica also helps people with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and career transitions. She supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiving strain, or end-of-life issues. Her work includes attention to trauma, abuse, and compassion fatigue.
Her style blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness. Dialectical behavior therapy and psychodynamic ideas inform how she thinks about patterns and emotions. Monica adapts these methods to each person’s needs rather than following a single formula.
Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental tone and practical next steps between sessions. She aims to boost resilience and reduce day-to-day stress. Monica helps people build skills they can use when life gets hard.
What Monica works with
Everything Monica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Monica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Monica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting support
Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps clients choose goals that feel important. This approach is useful for parents who want to be heard and to set their own pace for change.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions often include practical exercises and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage anger. CBT is helpful for parents looking for concrete tools to handle stressful moments.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills can make day-to-day parenting challenges easier to navigate and reduce reactive patterns during conflict.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust as needed. Clients help shape which techniques get used and what homework or skills feel realistic.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for full conversations and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat enables a short check-in, and text messaging supports brief updates or reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting lives.
Questions people ask about Monica
What concerns does Monica address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar symptoms, and parenting questions. Additional areas include career, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is compassionate and practical. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness tools to create concrete steps clients can try.
What is her professional background?
Monica has nine years of experience as a licensed clinician. She focuses on helping people through life transitions, caregiving strain, chronic health concerns, and family dynamics.
Where is Monica licensed and located?
She practices from Ohio and holds LCSW and LISW credentials. Those are the professional credentials she uses in her work.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Clients can choose the format that fits their schedule and communication needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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