- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English, German
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Monika
Monika Broecker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed by relationship and parenting concerns. She also supports people facing grief, trauma, addiction, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.
Monika uses straightforward, practical approaches to help clients notice what is happening now and build manageable steps forward. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent and useful so people leave with concrete ideas they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She communicates in English and German. With 14 years of clinical experience, Monika blends methods that address thoughts, body sensations, and life meaning. Her work includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Somatic approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns and reconnect with their goals.
She aims to make the therapeutic process clear and goal-directed. Monika’s background includes clinical work in California and training in somatic approaches and systemic thinking. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s priorities guide the work.
Conversations can include exploration of family of origin themes, attachment and abandonment concerns, and practical problem solving related to career or parenting strain. Her style is calm and direct. She helps people break problems down into small, achievable steps and monitors progress along the way.
This approach often appeals to those who want both emotional insight and actionable strategies.
What Monika works with
Everything Monika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Monika helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Monika lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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 combine thought, meaning, and the body
Monika often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try concrete experiments to shift behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleeping and eating concerns, and many everyday problems where changing patterns matters.She also brings Somatic approaches that tune attention to bodily sensations and how the body holds stress. Somatic work can help people notice tension, learn new responses to triggers, and add grounding practices that support emotional regulation.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Monika treats the choice of approach as a conversation. She will help clients weigh goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques and adjust the plan over time so it fits each person’s needs.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and somatic noticing when seeing body language matters. Phone sessions can be a simpler option that needs less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or progress notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and keep work moving forward even when schedules are tight.
Questions people ask about Monika
What concerns does Monika address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, trauma, addictions, and issues like self-esteem and intimacy.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm and direct, focusing on clear goals and practical steps while also attending to emotions and bodily experience.
What is her professional background?
Monika has 14 years of clinical experience and works as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and German.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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