Monique Rourk

Monique Rourk is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and 17 years of clinical experience. She maintains licenses to practice in Washington, Florida, Georgia, and Michigan and provides therapy from Michigan.

Monique describes her approach as relaxed and flexible, and she presents as down to earth, caring, and easy to talk to. Her style is compassionate, empathetic, and non-judgmental, with an emphasis on meeting clients where they are and keeping sessions focused on agreed-upon goals.

Therapy with Monique can be exploratory talk therapy to process thoughts and feelings or a skills-based, solution-focused approach depending on the client’s needs. Clients take an active role in identifying objectives and choosing strategies, and she works collaboratively to design plans that fit each person’s situation.

She practices an integrative approach grounded in client-centered care and cognitive behavioral methods, and she aims to provide holistic support that addresses the many aspects of a person’s life to improve stability and wellbeing. Monique helps create safety, foster self-awareness, and teach coping skills to reduce emotional distress and self-defeating patterns.

Monique specializes in stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, addictions, sexual and BDSM-related concerns, personality disorders, self-esteem and self-care, mood and bipolar disorders, relationship and family conflicts, grief and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, anger management, and coping with life changes. She has additional training in trauma-focused interventions, cognitive behavioral and cognitive processing therapies, motivational interviewing, Seeking Safety, the Strong Families parenting program, and dialectical behavioral therapy skill development.