Monica DiLaurenzo (she/her)

Much of my experience is with treating anxious individuals who struggle with worry, self-doubt, and "analysis paralysis". Anxiety causes us to assume the worst and write checks that we may never have to cash! I help individuals recognize how their anxiety is interfering with their daily lives, relationships, and overall well-being through challenging their unhelpful beliefs and choosing a new way. I am especially passionate about working with the highly sensitive person.

My background in family systems therapy provides a framework through which I approach relational issues. I specialize in helping couples recognize the "stuck points" in their communication patterns and ways of relating to each other and replace them with vulnerability, closeness, and connection.

I have extensive experience working with individuals who feel blocked from experiencing fulfilling and satisfying relationships that feel good. My expertise with attachment theory informs my ability to help people whose pasts hold them back from healthy relationships in the present. I am passionate about helping people recognize their unhelpful, attachment-based behavioral patterns and adopt new beliefs about themselves that allow them to let go of old narratives.

I am experienced in exploring attachment styles that are developed from childhood and how they have informed one's ability to form healthy emotional and physical relationships in adult life. Learning how to build healthy, trusting relationships with others is a crucial component to overall well-being and happiness, and can help prevent or treat anxiety or depression.

I am experienced in exploring attachment styles that are developed from childhood and how they have informed one's ability to form healthy emotional and physical relationships in adult life. Learning how to build healthy, trusting relationships with others is a crucial component to overall well-being and happiness, and can help prevent or treat anxiety or depression.

I often incorporate techniques from CBT because of it's generalizability to many of life's stressors. Despite all of our differences and uniqueness, one thing we all have in common is how our thoughts create our emotional experience and form the basis for taking healthy or unhealthy action. Learning to see things through different glasses can help to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, and improve relationships!

Every issue in a relationship can be both defined by and improved by communication. I have expertise in helping couples uncover the root causes of their pain, learn new ways of relating and communicating, and build or rebuild the relationship of their desires.