Dr. Monique Holsey-HymanLCSW-R

Dr. Monique Holsey-Hyman is a licensed clinical social worker with the New York LCSW-R credential and two decades of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and self-esteem concerns. People also come to her with parenting challenges, family conflict, and pregnancy and childbirth related worries.

Her approach is warm and interactive. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps. She aims to listen without judgment and to tailor conversations to each person's needs.

Dr. Holsey-Hyman draws on methods that encourage small, achievable change. She uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify what is already working and build on it.

Clients describe sessions that balance empathy with clear direction. Typical work includes setting short-term goals, improving communication, and addressing caregiver stress or money-related strain. She also supports people handling feelings of abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, guilt, and isolation.

Her background includes long experience in New York social services and higher education settings. That history informs how she helps people facing midlife transitions, questions about life purpose, and women's issues. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

How motivational and solution-focused methods work online

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational approach that helps people find their own reasons to change. It focuses on listening, reflecting, and drawing out a person's own goals, which can help with anxiety, feeling stuck, or making health and behavior changes.

Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on what is already working and builds on small successes. It uses brief, goal-oriented conversations to set clear next steps and track progress, which can be useful for parenting challenges, stress management, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work together with the client to figure out which methods fit current needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different strategies and adjusting them as progress is made.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people continue work between visits using techniques and homework discussed in sessions.