- Client-centered care
- Cognitive behavioral work
- DBT skill development
About Monique
Monique Rourk is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related problems, anger, bipolar disorder, life changes, and ADHD. Monique also focuses on abandonment, attachment issues, body image, codependency, communication and control issues, and concerns tied to BDSM and alternative sex culture.
Her sessions are relaxed and goal-focused. She describes therapy as a collaborative effort where the client helps set goals and choose how to work toward them. Conversations may be mostly talk-based, or they may include skill practice and solution-focused work depending on what a person needs.
Monique integrates client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches and uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She draws from these methods to help people build awareness, practice coping skills, and change patterns that contribute to distress.
In practical terms she helps clients develop clearer thinking, stronger emotional regulation, and better problem-solving. That can mean identifying unhelpful thoughts, learning grounding and emotion-regulation skills, or practicing communication strategies for relationship concerns.
Monique holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling and maintains licensure in multiple states including Michigan. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelming emotions and to increase the ability to manage everyday challenges more effectively.
How her approaches translate to online work
Monique often uses client-centered methods that prioritize listening and collaboration. In practice this means sessions start with the client’s concerns, and she helps people set goals and choose strategies that make sense for them. Client-centered work can help with guilt and shame by creating clear goals and steady check-ins.She also draws heavily on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT offers concrete techniques for managing rumination, intrusive guilt, and avoidance patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skill development is used to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that reduce intense emotional reactions and improve day-to-day coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and help decide which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as therapy progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm what online options are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time, while still using the same CBT and DBT techniques in conversation and practice.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Michigan, Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to guilt and shame?
She lists trauma, self-esteem, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and attachment concerns that often link with guilt and shame.
How does she approach guilt or shame in sessions?
She uses client-centered conversation plus cognitive behavioral and DBT skill work to help identify unhelpful thoughts and practice emotional regulation.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has 20 years of counseling experience and a master’s degree in mental health counseling.
Which credentials and locations are on file?
Credentials listed are LMHC and LPC with licensure noted in Michigan among other states.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.