Dr. Mona E Stribling

Licensed Psychologist

My approach to therapy is collaborative, goal-oriented, strengths-based, and culturally-sensitive. My style is genuine, compassionate, accepting, and empowering. I offer a warm and supportive virtual space for you to share as you feel comfortable. Together, and at your pace, we’ll talk about your unique experiences, challenges, and goals for therapy. With a clear picture of your hopes and expectations for wellness, we’ll personalize our sessions to grow your strengths and build new skills to help you reach your goals.

Personal experience with invisible disability and trauma has taught me that we should “never judge a book by its cover.” It’s natural for people to take mental shortcuts to learn and solve problems quickly. But sometimes mental shortcuts, or assumptions, cause problems. They have then the source of a great deal of misunderstanding and pain in the world. When working with clients, I keep this in mind. For example, while humans are similar, people are unique. We have different identities, abilities, experiences, values, needs, hopes, and desires. A lot of these things you can’t see on the outside, but they’re still very important to us. Also, most of us have experienced some sort of trauma in our lives - accident, disaster, abuse, assault, war, death of a loved one. This too, may not be obvious to other people, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t affected you, maybe very deeply. Considering our diversity as well as our similarities and taking a trauma- informed approach allows me to remain open, curious, and nonjudgmental. I am careful not to make assumptions which could be actually re-traumatizing for clients. This “not- knowing” (non-assuming) approach is very natural for me. I talk a little more about my personality below.

At a very young age, I was called a “healer” and a “counselor.” Personality and career aptitude tests I’ve taken as an adult have confirmed the same. Empathy, a curiosity for and openness to others’ experiences/views/feelings, and a desire to help have always come naturally to me. I believe they help me to build strong rapport with clients. I’m an “an open book,” genuine and transparent by nature. This builds trust which is critical to building a strong connection. The rapport between client and therapist is very important for therapy to work. I’m also a “big picture” person. One of my favorite quotes is, “You know, out of context, I must seem so strange,“ by Ani DiFranco. Touching on a point I made above regarding how my personal experience has influenced my work, I firmly believe tendency to take a holistic view of people, situations, and the world is invaluable. There are countless factors, internal and external, that have influenced who we are and what we think, feel, and do. Many of them we’re aware of, and some we may not be aware of. Regardless, you are the expert in your own life. Keeping this in mind keeps me open, curious, respectful, collaborative, and ultimately, most helpful.

Yes, Mona Stribling is accepting new clients for online therapy in Florida and Hawaii.

Yes, Mona Stribling accepts insurance, including Aetna, All Savers Insurance, Cigna, Evernorth Health Services, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Optum, Oscar Health, UMR, UnitedHealthCare (UHC), UnitedHealthcare and UnitedHealthcare Student Resources.

Mona Stribling offers therapy for individuals.

No, but people in Florida and Hawaii can book Mona Stribling for virtual appointments (teletherapy).

Yes, Mona Stribling offers online therapy via video sessions and phone sessions to people in Florida and Hawaii.

Mona Stribling typically can speak with new clients within 48 hours. You can see their current general office hours and request an appointment on their profile page.

Mona Stribling conducts therapy sessions in English.

Yes, you can easily book an appointment with Mona Stribling online using Choosing Therapy’s directory.