Malissa Monaghan

Malissa Monaghan is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience in New York. She helps people who are feeling isolated, anxious, depressed, or overwhelmed by life changes. Her work often focuses on stress, relationship and family concerns, grief, and workplace strain. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. In the room she listens first, then helps people identify small, usable steps to feel more steady. She uses approaches that emphasize the client’s experience and real-life problem solving. Her practice often supports those facing trauma, social anxiety, mood disorders, and co-occurring challenges. She also works with people managing parenting pressures, fatherhood concerns, and issues tied to identity and LGBT life. Isolation and loneliness are common themes she addresses alongside communication and control struggles. Malissa blends client-centered conversation with goal-focused tools. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior ideas when people need skill building. She also uses psychodynamic thinking to look at patterns that repeat over time. The therapy process is collaborative and paced to each person. New people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, so the administrative side is designed to be flexible.

Approaches and how they work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person you are right now. It involves open listening and reflecting back what matters most, which helps people feel heard and begin to sort out next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches clear, practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and relationship conflicts.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together you can try strategies and adjust the plan based on how well they fit your life and needs.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to schedule appointments around work, school, or caregiving. It also lets people continue care without travel and can allow shorter check-ins when a quick review or skill refresh is the goal. Many clients find it simpler to apply skills learned in sessions directly to everyday routines when they meet remotely.