Monica White, M.S., LMHC, LPC, received her Master of Science (M.S.) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2012; and has since completed 3,000 supervised hours post-graduate for the professional counselor license.

During internship, she worked on a hospital inpatient behavioral health unit conducting assessment and therapy. Throughout graduate school, she worked with survivors of trauma and with crisis intervention in forensic and hospital emergency room settings. She currently works as a bilingual counselor at a nonprofit agency and is trained in cognitive-processing therapy for post-traumatic stress.

In addition to individual therapy, she has facilitated over 450 therapy groups with varying issues ranging from family & domestic violence, crisis intervention, anxiety & mood disorders, personality disorders, adverse childhood experiences, post-traumatic stress, child welfare, and grief & loss. Psychoeducation and process groups center around introducing skills such as increasing emotional and physical safety, identifying the effects of bullying on self and children, nurturing parenting, building healthy relationships, stress management, identifying resilience factors, increasing self-efficacy, and assertiveness training.

Monica holds a B.S.J. in News and Information Journalism and a B.A. in Spanish Language & Literature. She also studied at the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universidad de Costa Rica.