Monica Erk, LMFT
Indiana · 12 years in practice
Monica Erk is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Indiana.
License and registration
- LMFT, Indiana
- 35001746A · expires April 2026
- NPI
- 1427334556 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Monica
Monica Erk is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Indiana. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a calm, direct style to sessions. Monica focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and life transitions.
Her approach mixes practical tools with attention to emotions and attachment patterns. She uses methods including cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally focused ideas, and EMDR to address painful memories and recurring patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions typically include skill-building, emotion work, and review of what helps between meetings. Monica pays close attention to how early relationships shape current struggles. She helps people untangle family of origin issues, attachment wounds, and feelings of emptiness or shame.
She also supports work on anger, grief, intimacy challenges, and self-esteem so clients can move toward clearer goals. For people navigating addictions, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, or panic and post-traumatic stress, Monica offers structured strategies alongside supportive conversation. She also assists with practical life issues like career stress and money worries.
Monica aims to make therapy an active, team effort that respects each person’s pace. Her style is warm and interactive. Monica emphasizes respect and avoids stigmatizing labels while tailoring plans to each person’s needs.
To begin, she asks a few questions to match goals and then schedules sessions that fit the person’s routine.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Monica lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Monica names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions use conversation and exercises to help identify attachment needs and try new ways of connecting with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, centers on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and mood regulation by teaching step-by-step skills and behavioral changes. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, involves processing distressing memories through guided techniques to reduce their emotional intensity and the reactions they trigger.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica collaborates with each person to choose or combine methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problem at hand. She adapts techniques over time and checks in to see what is helping and what needs to change.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and differing needs. Video allows face-to-face interaction for drawn-out processing and EMDR-style work, phone can be a simpler option with less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other routines while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Monica help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, addictions, and a range of mood and coping issues.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Monica blends attachment-focused work, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical strategies, emotionally focused ideas, and EMDR techniques into sessions. Sessions mix skill practice with emotional reflection.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 12 years of experience working as a psychocounselor and life coach and now practices as an LMFT in Indiana.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
Monica is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) licensed in Indiana and practices with that credential.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Monica?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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