Monica Cruz, LCSW
Therapist in Louisiana
Monica Cruz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 16 years of experience.
- Licensed inLouisiana
- License10398
- NPI 1164658191
- Experience16+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Monica
Monica Cruz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, or facing relationship and trauma-related concerns. Her work is practical and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Monica listens first and helps clients set small, manageable goals. She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs, then supports them as they try new skills in everyday life.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on what will help between meetings. Her background includes long-term work with people from varied cultural backgrounds. Monica draws on Attachment-Based Therapy and client-centered methods to build trust and clarity about relational patterns.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and some DBT skills when people need tools to handle intense emotions or change unhelpful thoughts. Monica helps with a wide range of concerns, including mood disorders, addiction, grief, intimacy and body image issues, ADHD, and parenting stress.
She also addresses attachment issues, abandonment, codependency, and challenges tied to alternative sexual cultures when relevant to a person’s goals. In sessions she focuses on concrete steps: identifying problem patterns, trying new behaviors, and tracking what works. Her aim is to make change feel doable.
People who want a practical, empathetic therapist who emphasizes relationships and skills often find her style a good fit.
Credentials
- LCSW (Louisiana)
- License 10398 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1164658191 · national provider identifier
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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
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- 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
Approaches that guide online sessions
Monica uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people see how early relationships affect current patterns and close connections. This approach is useful when someone wants to understand how trust, closeness, or fear of abandonment shapes their reactions. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening, validation, and working at the client’s pace to set goals and make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another tool she uses to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes that reduce anxiety and low mood.Choosing the right approach happens together. Monica will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then recommend which methods to try first. She treats the plan as flexible and adjusts techniques based on how the client responds over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick what fits their life. Video is useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or when travel is difficult.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Monica help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, and many related topics such as body image, parenting strain, and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach blends attachment-informed work and client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and DBT to help people change thoughts and manage emotions.
What is her background and experience?
Monica is an LCSW with 16 years of clinical experience working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds on a broad range of concerns.
Where is she located and licensed?
She practices in Louisiana and holds an LCSW license in that state as listed in her credentials.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Monica offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling and communication needs.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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