Desiree Monroe , MD, LCPC

Desiree Monroe is a Maryland-based clinician with 16 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, addiction and life transitions. She holds an MD and an LCPC - the latter stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and also completed a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Sociology-Anthropology. As a Board of Professional Counselors and Therapist (BOPC) Approved Clinical Supervisor, she has worked in both outpatient and inpatient settings and has experience with children, adolescents, adults and seniors.

Her practice follows a client-centered, eclectic model that blends practical skills and evidence-informed techniques to promote coping, recovery and improved relationships. She has worked with individuals facing severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, trauma, involvement with the justice system, foster care experiences, and first responder stress. She focuses on concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, relationship and family problems, parenting and self-esteem challenges.

Desiree values education, advocacy and empowerment and emphasizes collaborative work to motivate healthy behavior and foster hope. Her approach aims to teach coping strategies, strengthen self-love and support meaningful change across personal, family and career domains.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Desiree Monroe

Desiree integrates client-centered therapy with structured, skills-based approaches to meet a range of needs. Client-centered therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist listens closely and helps clients explore their values, goals and strengths - an approach that supports self-esteem, life transitions and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and related challenges, providing practical tools for day-to-day coping. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness - approaches that are especially useful for impulsivity, intense emotions and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Desiree works with each person to assess needs, priorities and preferences, then adapts techniques so the plan fits the client’s goals and life circumstances. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy feels relevant and workable.

Online therapy with Desiree includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities and geographic limitations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions and access therapists when life circumstances change.