Monica Avalos, LPC

Monica Avalos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, depression, self-esteem, and life changes. Monica also supports people facing career decisions, ADHD-related challenges, and LGBT-related concerns.

She frames work around what each person already knows about themselves. Sessions emphasize clear steps: notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and check what works. Monica uses methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside acceptance and mindfulness approaches to keep work practical and focused on daily life.

Her approach is straightforward and active. She listens to the problem, helps identify thought patterns and habits that get in the way, and suggests experiments to test new ways of responding. That can mean short skills practice between sessions or trying different ways to handle stress at work or home.

Monica also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotional regulation or strong reactions are a concern. She brings client-centered principles to make room for each person’s perspective and goals. The emphasis is on skills people can use outside sessions to manage mood, anxiety, and relationship stressors.

People who prefer a practical, step-by-step method tend to find her way of working useful. She encourages small, measurable changes and regular review of progress. To begin, she asks about the immediate problems and what the person hopes to change.

How Monica applies practical approaches in remote sessions