Monica Cruz
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist -
Greetings! If you are reading this then you have taken the first step towards creating your new and improved self. This is often very difficult and I commend you on your courage and resolve. The road to self-improvement is often a lifelong journey and many people run into difficulties of all sorts along the way. Do not be discouraged! You are not alone. My goal is to give you supportive help and solutions to the best of my ability. I am committed to listening to your personal situation and assisting you with formulating and implementing goals for you to achieve incremental improvement. Let’s start by me telling you a little about myself.I am currently an LCSW with 12 years of experience helping a diverse range of people from many different cultural backgrounds. People have always described me as a good listener and problem solver. While working together I can assure you I will never judge. We are all in this together! People would also call me driven and compassionate. I am devoted to working with you to elevate your well-being and overall quality of life. I specialize in Behavioral Therapy utilizing a wide array of interventions and treatment plans. Together we will formulate a personalized plan for you and discuss the steps needed for you to enact that plan in portions that are manageable to you and your situation. I look forward to the opportunity of working with you!
Skills and Expertise
Abandonment
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Adjustment to College
Adult
Agoraphobia
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Behavioral Issues
Bipolar Disorder
Blended Family Issues
Borderline Personality
Breakups
Body Image
body dysmorphia
Cyclothymia
Couples therapy
Control Issues
Communication Problems
Commitment Issues
codependency-2
college age
Codependency
Career Counseling
Child or Adolescent
Creative Blocks
Depression
Dissociation
Divorce
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Disturbance
Emotional Intelligence
Emptiness
Entitlement
Family Conflict
Fatherless
Family of Origin Issues
Fear
Forgiveness
Gay Issues
Guilt
Helplessness and Victimhood
Identity Issues
Individuation
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Irritability
Isolation
Impulse Control Disorders
Jealousy
Life Purpose
LGBTQ
Marital Therapy
Marriage Couseling
Meditation
Mindful Eating
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Multicultural Concerns
Men
Narcissistic Personality
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Oppositional Defiance
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Obsessions and Compulsions
Panic
Paranoia
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Perfectionism
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Physical Abuse
pregnancy
Premarital Counseling
Psychosis
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
severe mental illness
Single Parenting Issues
Sleep or Insomnia
Spirituality
Stress
Sexual Abuse
Sex Therapy
Transgender Issues
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Teens
teen
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
DBT Informed Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Eclectic
Experiential
Experiential Therapy
Feminist
Gottman Method
Humanistic
Harm Reduction
Health/Wellness-based
Integral Psychotherapy
Interpersonal
Jungian
Lifespan Integration
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Meditation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Person Centered Therapy
Psychodynamic
Psychoanalytic
Psychotherapy
Self-Compassion
Telehealth-based
Therapy unique to each client
Modality