Desiree Monroe

Desiree Monroe is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maryland. She draws on 16 years of counseling experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and career concerns. Her work aims to motivate healthier patterns and practical coping skills. She favors a client-centered approach and blends techniques from several therapies to meet each person's needs. In sessions she focuses on concrete steps - building coping skills, improving communication, and addressing trauma and mood symptoms. She also helps people navigate parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and challenges related to adoption or foster care. Desiree's background includes work in outpatient and inpatient settings. That experience includes supporting people affected by substance use, trauma, and severe mood disorders. She has also worked with first responders and individuals who have been involved with the criminal justice system. Her approach emphasizes teaching tools that people can use between sessions. Expect practical skill-building such as emotion regulation strategies, problem-solving, and relapse prevention for addictions. She encourages clients to set goals that fit their daily lives. Desiree holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology and supervises clinicians. She uses motivational interviewing and mindfulness alongside cognitive and dialectical behavior methods to tailor care. To begin, readers can use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule according to therapist availability.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's concerns with warmth and respect. It helps when people want a space to be heard and to find their own solutions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and building career-focused skills like time management and decision making.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills support people dealing with intense mood swings, impulsivity, or relationship conflicts.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the session formats before booking because this profile does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand. Licensed professionals can also focus on skill practice, homework, and real-world problem solving between meetings to help bring therapy into everyday life.