- Compassionate listening
- Skills for anxiety
- Helps with adoption
About Monika
Monika Sury is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California with 12 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief, or relationship strain. She aims to create a calm space where someone can feel heard and begin making small, practical changes.
Monika focuses on simple skills to manage anxiety and shift difficult moods. She works with clients to notice patterns in thoughts, emotions, and actions and to try new responses. Her approach is compassionate and nonjudgmental and emphasizes building self-compassion and clearer boundaries.
She also pays attention to attachment concerns and issues tied to abandonment, adoption and foster care, and blended families. Monika supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image concerns, or the effects of trauma and abuse. She can also help when communication problems, codependency, or commitment worries get in the way of daily life.
Sessions are collaborative and practical. Monika will help you set small goals and practice tools between meetings. Over time the focus is on finding routines and responses that fit your life and reduce distress.
If you speak Hungarian or prefer English, she can meet in either language. International clients are accepted, and people living in California may work with her under her California LCSW license.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy
Monika uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. One common approach she uses is behavioral skills training, which teaches concrete strategies to manage anxiety and stress through step-by-step practice and real-life homework. This helps when worry or avoidance gets in the way of daily routines.Another core element is emotion-focused work that helps people name feelings and respond to them differently. This kind of work supports those coping with grief, trauma effects, attachment concerns, and relationship distress by building tolerance for difficult emotions and clearer boundaries.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each client to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress and needs change. That means treatment plans evolve based on what feels helpful and what fits the client's life.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options when you book since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also allow someone to continue meeting with the same licensed professional across geographic distances, which is useful for international clients or people who move.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
12+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English, Hungarian
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
Monika works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and self-esteem issues. She also addresses related concerns such as attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and body image.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate and nonjudgmental with a focus on practical skills. Sessions involve exploring thoughts, emotions, and actions, and practicing new ways of coping between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 12 years of clinical experience supporting people with a range of emotional and relational concerns. Her work emphasizes helping clients build resilience and clearer boundaries.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds a California LCSW, which indicates a licensed clinical social worker credential. She practices out of California.
Can I work with her if I speak another language or live abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and Hungarian. She accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current options when you schedule so you know whether sessions are offered by video, phone, or in person.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.