Monica Gutierrez

Monica Gutierrez is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Arizona who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and life transitions. She speaks English and Spanish and centers care around each person’s strengths and goals. Monica draws on seven years of clinical experience to support young adults and others navigating mood concerns and relationship strain.

She trained at Arizona State University, earning a Master of Social Work, and has worked across outpatient and inpatient settings. Currently she contributes to a Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program team where she supports people through structured care and skill building. Her background includes work with mood disorders, panic attacks, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Monica uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to each person. She pairs that approach with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify thinking patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation. She also incorporates motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck.

In sessions she prioritizes building a strong working relationship and getting to know clients as individuals. That helps her tailor interventions and make the work feel relevant and doable. Monica aims to create practical steps clients can use between visits to manage symptoms and meet daily demands.

Outside of clinical work she enjoys crafting, spending time with family, and long walks with her dog. These activities inform a grounded, relatable approach to therapy and a focus on small, steady steps toward well-being.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Monica commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what the person says matters most. It helps when someone needs an empathetic space to sort priorities and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves identifying and testing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress, which can be useful for anxiety, anger, and mood symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Monica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means checking in about what helps, adjusting techniques over time, and combining strategies when useful so the work stays practical and relevant.

Confirm the current online session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people practice skills in everyday settings and return to sessions without a long commute. Licensed professionals, including therapists like Monica, adapt tools such as CBT worksheets and DBT skills coaching to an online setting to keep sessions focused on real-life progress.