Monique Paulus, LCSW

Monique Paulus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience practicing in Idaho, Montana, and Arizona. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and anger. Her writing emphasizes practical help for real-life problems rather than abstract theory.

Monique focuses on everyday difficulties like workplace stress, relationship tension, and the strain that comes with major life changes. She supports people processing past trauma, managing panic, or coping with grief. Her work often addresses identity questions and challenges related to LGBT experience.

Her sessions use clear, goal-oriented methods. She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Motivational interviewing helps when people are ready to make changes around substance use or other habits.

Trauma-focused work is part of her practice when past hurts affect current functioning. She also brings experience with first responder issues, veterans, and caregiver stress. These backgrounds inform how she talks about safety and pacing in sessions.

Monique aims to collaborate on practical steps clients can try between meetings. She encourages small experiments, skill practice, and checking what works in daily life. To begin she asks people to identify a few concrete concerns and goals so therapy can stay focused and useful.

How her approaches translate to online work