About Monique
Monique Templeton Poe is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical, evidence-based help for people feeling stuck. She draws on eight years of experience guiding clients through stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
Background and approach
Monique speaks plainly and meets people where they are. She helps people untangle relationship and family tensions.
Conversations often center on communication problems and rebuilding trust. She also supports clients working through forgiveness, finding life purpose, and growing self-love.
In sessions Monique treats clients as the expert on their own life. She asks clear questions, listens closely, and offers tools that can be used between meetings.
The goal is steady, workable change rather than quick fixes. Monique’s approach is practical.
She shows ways to manage anxious moments, improve daily routines, and strengthen communication. She also helps people make room for motivation and confidence when depression or low self-worth has taken hold.
Monique is licensed in California as an LMFT, which is listed as her credential. Her style is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at building skills people can use in everyday life.
Signing up for therapy is a first step she respects and supports.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Monique uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common method is brief skills teaching that shows how to handle anxious thoughts and reduce stress in everyday moments. These lessons are concrete and aimed at easing symptoms of anxiety and depression.Another approach emphasizes improving communication patterns. Sessions include role-play and structured practice to help people speak and listen more clearly during family or relationship tension. This work targets recurring conflicts and helps people express needs without escalating arguments.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try strategies, track what helps, and adjust the plan as progress develops.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice communication in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit short conversations into busy days or to follow up between sessions. These options make it more practical to keep therapy part of daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English