Monika Sury, LCSW

Monika Sury is a California-based licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience supporting people through anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship struggles. She focuses on helping individuals who feel stuck by offering steady support and practical skills. Monika aims to create a calm space where people can feel heard and begin to make change.

She works in a gentle, nonjudgmental way and emphasizes clear tools to manage difficult emotions. Sessions look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect so clients can spot patterns that keep them stuck. The work often includes learning skills for anxiety management, mood regulation, boundary setting, and building self-compassion.

Monika also pays attention to issues that often run alongside primary concerns, such as abandonment, attachment questions, adoption and foster care histories, caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, and body image. She helps people navigate communication and commitment challenges and the fallout from trauma or abuse.

People come to her for help with rebuilding after loss, coping with overwhelming feelings, or changing long-standing patterns that affect relationships. Monika takes a practical stance - she helps clients try small steps, notice what changes, and adjust as needed.

Sessions are offered in English and Hungarian, and she accepts international clients. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Many of the techniques used focus on practical, evidence-based strategies that help with anxiety, mood, and relationship patterns. One common approach teaches skills to manage anxiety and regulate mood by targeting thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress. This helps when worry, panic, or low mood get in the way of everyday life.

Another approach emphasizes building healthier relationship and communication habits. It looks at attachment patterns and teaches concrete ways to set boundaries, improve conversations, and reduce repeated cycles that cause conflict or isolation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is seen. Clients are invited to raise concerns and shape the work along the way.

The profile does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a workday, or enabling scheduled meetings across time zones for international clients. Licensed professionals can use remote sessions to continue steady, skills-based work and to practice new habits between meetings.