About Monique
Monique Rourk is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years in the field. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, trauma, and phobias. Her manner is relaxed and down-to-earth, and she focuses on meeting each person where they are.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Clients take an active role in setting goals and choosing ways to work toward them. Some meetings are talk-based, while others teach practical skills to manage symptoms and stress.
Background and approach
Monique uses an integrative style that centers on the client and draws on cognitive behavioral methods. She also includes mindfulness and motivational techniques when these fit a person's needs. The aim is to reduce distress and limit patterns that get in the way of daily life.
She emphasizes building safety, self-awareness, and coping skills. That can mean learning emotion regulation tools, practicing new thinking patterns, or trying small behavior changes that add up over time. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort.
Monique holds a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and holds LMHC and LPC credentials. She practices in Michigan and brings two decades of experience helping people navigate mood concerns, trauma, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and other overlapping challenges.
How her approaches translate to online care
Monique often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and offering support so people can find their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs a safe space to talk and to make choices at their own pace.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, phobias, and many stress-related problems because it teaches concrete thinking and behavior skills.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when video is not possible or bandwidth is low. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when writing is easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep progress steady across weeks.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Washington
- Languages
- English
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