Monica Farrer, LCMHC

Monica Farrer is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She offers a calm, respectful presence and focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s life.

She works in a straightforward, collaborative way. Conversations are shaped around what matters most to the client, and plans are adjusted as progress is made. Monica uses everyday language and concrete tools so clients can try strategies between sessions.

Her approach draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness skills, dialectical behavior ideas, and motivational interviewing. These approaches are used to address problems like grief, trauma, sleep troubles, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

Monica has 11 years of experience and holds the LCMHC credential, licensed in North Carolina. She brings experience helping people with blended family issues, caregiver stress, substance and alcohol concerns, co-morbidity, and multicultural issues.

She aims to create a space where people feel heard and can make steady changes. If someone wants clear options and down-to-earth guidance for recovery and better day-to-day coping, Monica focuses on realistic steps and skills that fit real life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what the person wants to change. In practice this means the therapist asks about goals and priorities and adjusts the conversation to match those aims. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with concrete strategies for mood, sleep, or anxiety. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers clear skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships when feelings feel overwhelming.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and refine the plan based on what helps. That way the approach stays practical and tailored to the person’s life and preferences.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make fitting therapy into a busy schedule easier and reduce travel time. It also allows shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that fit a lunch break or shift change. These practical benefits help people use skills in daily life and keep therapy consistent without promising any particular outcome.