- ACT techniques
- CBT strategies
- Emotion-focused work
About Mona
Mona Bartram is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, grief, self-esteem, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, career stress, and coping with life changes. She helps people who find social situations and everyday stresses hard to manage.
Her approach centers on practical conversations and simple skills. She listens to what is most pressing and helps people try specific strategies such as noticing thoughts, practicing small behavioral steps, and building emotion regulation tools. Sessions aim to break big problems into manageable parts and to practice steps between meetings.
Mona draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address difficult thoughts and unhelpful patterns. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when they fit a person's goals. These methods are used to help with worry, avoidance, relationship conflict, and coping after loss.
Her work often focuses on practical areas like communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, abandonment concerns, and issues tied to aging or hospice and end-of-life care. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, impulsivity, and dependent or avoidant personality patterns.
Sessions are guided by the client’s priorities. Mona helps people set small goals, practice new ways of responding, and notice what changes over time. If someone wants to start, they complete a short questionnaire and schedule an initial session to see how the approach fits.
How her approaches translate to online work
Mona uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT often focuses on small experiments and values-based goals, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed online.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors. CBT lends itself to short exercises, homework, and step-by-step behavior changes that fit well into remote sessions. Client-Centered Therapy appears in her work as straightforward listening and reflection, which helps clarify what matters most to the client.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works with clients to decide which methods to use based on their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That collaborative planning continues once sessions begin so methods can be adjusted over time.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, such as shorter check-ins during a work break or sessions without travel time. It also supports doing skill practice between meetings and reviewing progress from week to week.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family problems, sleep issues, career stress, trauma and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical conversation, skill practice, and short exercises between sessions. The focus is on clear steps clients can try in daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience as a clinician working with a range of concerns including trauma, caregiver stress, and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas and practices there.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.