About Monica
Monica Cowan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career challenges, grief, and ADHD. She focuses on practical steps clients can take now. Monica aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and straightforward.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters to them. Sessions emphasize clear goals and workable strategies rather than jargon. Monica encourages small changes that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Her style blends listening with structured tools. She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and strengthen daily routines. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused steps are used to interrupt cycles of stress and improve sleep and focus.
Monica also brings coaching skills for career issues and motivation. She supports people who want to clarify goals, manage work stress, or find direction after big life changes. Practical planning and decision-focused conversations are common parts of her work.
With ten years of experience, Monica tailors sessions to each person’s pace. She aims to help people leave sessions with one or two clear actions. People who value direct, approachable guidance often find her style helpful.
Practical approaches for online counseling and coaching
Monica uses client-centered methods that put the person's concerns first. This means listening closely and shaping sessions around each person's goals and values. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes that can improve mood, sleep, focus, and daily routines.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica will work with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy with Monica is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, quick planning, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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