Monica Rawlings , LCMHC

Monica Rawlings is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in Utah who helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions. She focuses on personal concerns like self-esteem, body image, grief, addiction, and intimacy-related issues. Monica offers straightforward support with warmth and a nonjudgmental style.

She uses a collaborative, person-centered approach. Monica listens first, then helps clients identify small, practical steps they can try between sessions. Sessions often include talking through patterns, practicing new skills, and checking what helps in daily life.

Monica draws on several evidence-based methods to match what each person needs. She blends attachment-informed ideas with cognitive-behavioral techniques and emotion regulation strategies. The result is a flexible plan rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol.

Over the past ten years she has supported people working through trauma, relationship difficulties, and major life changes. She also brings sensitivity to issues affecting LGBTQ+ people and neurodivergent individuals. This experience informs how she shapes goals and pace in therapy.

Monica offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging, and she accepts international clients. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client's needs.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape patterns in current connections. Online sessions can help identify those patterns and practice new ways of relating in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and values, with the therapist offering empathic listening and gentle guidance to support self-discovery. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She checks in about progress and adjusts techniques when something is not helping. This makes the process flexible and tuned to the individual's pace.

Online therapy offers practical benefits like easier scheduling and more ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while keeping a consistent therapeutic plan.