- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- CBT and mindfulness
About Monique
Monique La Ruth Hart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 17 years of experience based in Florida. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. People often come to her when life changes have left them unsure what comes next or when emotions feel overwhelming after loss or illness.
Her work emphasizes clear, practical steps. She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and helps them test different ways of responding. Sessions mix conversational reflection with skills practice so clients can try new approaches between meetings.
Monique often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, and struggles that follow traumatic events or major health issues such as cancer. She also helps with feelings of emptiness, isolation, guilt, shame, and challenges veterans and first responders may face. Life purpose is one of the areas she supports when people are rethinking career, relationships, or meaning.
Her clinical methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and mindfulness practices. These are used to reduce distress, manage impulses, and improve communication and coping skills.
Monique aims for straightforward collaboration. She helps people set concrete goals and track small changes. Sessions are practical and focused on what the client wants to handle next, whether that is stabilizing mood, building boundaries, or finding clearer direction after a major life shift.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard while they sort through choices about work, relationships, or major life shifts.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear tools. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and problems like impulse control or communication difficulties.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for regulating intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, overwhelm, and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit those aims, and adjust strategies based on how the client responds. That process is collaborative and practical, focused on what the client wants to address next.
Confirm the current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific online formats. Online sessions can still make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also permit choosing quieter surroundings, using phone when bandwidth is low, or arranging a session that better matches a work break or caregiving schedule.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Delaware, Florida, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and depression, and supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, and life purpose questions.
How does she approach someone feeling stuck?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside cognitive behavioral and dialectical tools, plus mindfulness practices, to identify patterns and test practical changes between sessions.
How many years has she practiced?
She has 17 years of experience as a clinician working with emotional and life transition concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a LCSW practicing in Florida with the credential listed as VA LCSW and FL LCSW in her profile.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What is the cost and payment model?
Cost varies with location; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.