Monica Englander

Monica Englander is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 23 years of experience providing therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups. She combines long-standing clinical skills with a compassionate, practical approach to help clients manage life’s challenges.

She specializes in issues related to stress, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem and depression, and supports clients coping with compassion fatigue, family conflicts, intimacy-related concerns, parenting challenges, career difficulties and major life changes. Monica also offers coaching alongside clinical work.

Monica is experienced in corporate and employee assistance program (EAP) counseling and supervises interns who are training toward licensure. Her practice includes people from diverse backgrounds and many different careers.

She frequently works with clients who themselves are in the helping professions, including therapists, doctors, nurses, teachers and caregivers. Monica honors cultural identity, personal beliefs and what matters most to each person, holding a strong commitment to human dignity and rights.

Her therapeutic style is inquisitive and interactive - she asks questions and listens closely to understand what you need to say and what is making life feel unsafe, unmanageable or unpleasant. Many clients arrive with wounds to their sense of worth or past trauma; Monica focuses on healing that core sense of self so other problems become easier to address.

Monica values clear communication and makes space for clients to express how they feel, what they think and what they want from therapy. She recognizes that not every therapist is the right fit for every person, and she aims to help clients get their needs met. She looks forward to meeting new clients and wishes them well on the journey toward feeling safer and more confident.