Monica Cruz, LCSW
Louisiana · 16 years in practice
Monica Cruz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with sixteen years of experience supporting people through hard moments.
License and registration
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 10398 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1164658191 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Monica
Monica Cruz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with sixteen years of experience supporting people through hard moments. She offers compassionate, practical help for everyday struggles. Monica listens closely and helps clients set clear, manageable goals they can work toward step by step.
Her approach blends Jungian ideas with attachment-focused work and client-centered listening. She also uses cognitive behavioral skills and dialectical behavior tools when they fit the situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her and on small changes that add up. Monica often helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, and bipolar disorder. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, body image, parenting strain, career concerns, and life transitions.
Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment wounds, codependency, communication problems, and kink-affirmative concerns related to BDSM and alternative sexual cultures. In sessions she helps people build skills for emotion regulation, improve communication, and make plans to reach concrete goals. She works with clients to break larger problems into manageable steps and practices new behaviors between sessions.
Monica aims to be a steady, nonjudgmental partner in that process. Monica works with adults in Louisiana and conducts sessions in English. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Monica lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Monica names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Monica’s Approaches Work Online
Jungian Therapy looks at symbols, personal history, and recurring life themes to help people make sense of inner conflicts and identity questions; it can be useful for those wrestling with meaning, dreams, or patterns that repeat in relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current connections and coping; it helps people improve trust, closeness, and emotional safety in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, with the therapist listening without judgment and helping the client lead the pace and focus of work.Figuring out which approach to emphasize is a collaborative process. Monica will talk with each person about their goals, history, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which ideas and tools to try and adjust the plan as needed over time.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation and are good for deeper work, while phone sessions can be quieter and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills between appointments, or when someone prefers written communication. These options give flexibility so people can keep up with sessions around work, caregiving, or travel.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What problems does Monica typically help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and addictions, plus relationship and intimacy concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style combines listening and practical work. Sessions blend insight from Jungian and attachment ideas with concrete skill building from CBT and DBT.
What is her background and experience?
Monica is an LCSW with sixteen years of clinical work. She has helped people from diverse cultural backgrounds and focuses on manageable goals.
Where does she practice and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Louisiana and holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Monica offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by pressing the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
More therapists in Louisiana
See all
Vasiliki Labonte
LPC
Helping people navigate strong emotions and change
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us