Monica Burgos

Monica Burgos is a clinical social worker with a LICSW and more than 24 years of experience. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and pays attention to how culture shapes each person's experience. Monica aims to make therapy a calm, compassionate place without judgment where people can talk about what matters to them.

She adapts her approach to each person and draws on a mix of methods. Monica uses a trauma-informed perspective and a holistic, eclectic style to address emotional and life challenges. She focuses on anxiety, depression, grief, adjustment struggles, and trauma-related concerns.

Monica also helps people facing relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, and self-esteem concerns. She works with those coping with career stress, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Her list of additional focus areas includes attachment and abandonment issues, blended family matters, body image, caregiving stress, codependency, and communication problems.

Her practice considers family of origin issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and the effects of divorce or separation. Monica brings long-term experience to cases involving coping after natural or human-caused disasters and chronic emptiness. She meets people where they are and tailors sessions to their needs.

Monica offers culturally responsive care and aims to support each person’s healing journey. She welcomes conversations in English or Spanish and works with adults, adolescents, and children as described in her background.

Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits

Monica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and describes her work as trauma-informed and eclectic. A trauma-informed approach focuses on recognizing how past harm affects current feelings and behavior; it helps people manage triggers, reduce distress, and rebuild a sense of safety in daily life. An eclectic, holistic approach blends different proven methods to match a person's needs and often combines emotional processing with skills for everyday coping.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Monica will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan over time based on what is most helpful.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins if needed. It can also let someone continue care across life changes while working with a licensed professional who can adapt methods for remote sessions.