Monica DuShane, LCSW, LISW

Monica DuShane is a licensed social worker with nine years of clinical experience helping people navigate life transitions, emotional challenges, and periods of personal growth. Holding an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and an LISW (Licensed Independent Social Worker), she blends clinical training with a compassionate, individualized approach to support clients facing stress, anxiety, grief, and career-related difficulties.

She focuses on building self-compassion, improving communication, and easing social anxiety while guiding clients through complex experiences such as midlife change, chronic health concerns, and family dynamics. Monica works with a broad array of concerns including relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and caregiver stress. Her practice also extends to topics like workplace challenges, aging and geriatric matters, and end-of-life and hospice-related issues.

Using evidence-informed methods, Monica helps clients develop resilience, process guilt and shame, and create practical strategies for everyday coping. She emphasizes collaboration - honoring each person’s strengths while tailoring interventions to individual goals. The result is a supportive, nonjudgmental space where people can explore meaning, heal from difficult emotions, and move toward greater emotional wellbeing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Monica integrates Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice, creating a respectful, empathetic environment where clients set goals and lead the pace of work while the therapist offers support and reflection. This approach is well suited to those seeking a collaborative relationship to explore identity, relationships, and life changes.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and adjust unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, or relationship patterns are central concerns, providing practical tools for handling intense feelings and interpersonal challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Monica works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that align with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or those balancing work and caregiving. These options make regular therapy more accessible and allow ongoing support in a format that fits the client’s life.