Monica Ross

Hello and welcome—I’m really glad you’re here. My name is Monica, and I’m a licensed therapist based in Texas (also licensed in California) with nearly a decade of experience in mental health care. I’ve had the honor of supporting individuals from many different walks of life, and I’m passionate about helping people reconnect with their own strength, clarity, and capacity to heal.I believe therapy should feel like a conversation with someone who truly sees you—not just your struggles, but also your resilience. Whether you’re navigating stress, grief, relationship challenges, or questions of identity and purpose, I’m here to walk alongside you with compassion and curiosity.My approach is collaborative, affirming, and grounded in both clinical insight and real-world practicality. Above all, I aim to create a safe space where you can be fully yourself. No pressure to have it all figured out—just a place to begin again.I look forward to meeting you.

My decision to work with autistic and neurodivergent clients comes from a deep belief that every mind deserves to be understood on its own terms—not pathologized, but honored. Over the years, I’ve witnessed how often neurodivergent individuals are overlooked, misunderstood, or asked to mask in ways that come at a personal cost. I’m committed to offering something different: a therapeutic space where you don’t have to explain or justify the way you think, feel, or process the world.I’m continually inspired by the insight, sensitivity, and creativity that neurodivergent clients bring to therapy. My role is to support you in navigating a world that wasn’t always designed with your strengths in mind, while also helping you connect to tools that make life feel more manageable and authentic. You deserve care that respects your wiring—and helps you thrive, not just survive.

I bring a strengths-based approach to my work by centering each client’s lived experience as a source of wisdom—not something to be “fixed,” but something to build upon. I believe healing begins with feeling seen, and that growth unfolds when we feel safe enough to show up as we are. That’s why I work to create a space where clients feel not only accepted, but affirmed in their identity, values, and way of moving through the world.Rather than focusing solely on challenges, I support clients in uncovering what’s already working: the resilience they’ve shown, the insight they carry, and the inner resources that may just need permission to emerge. My work is trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and grounded in the belief that every person already contains the blueprint for their own thriving.As a clinician with lived experience navigating systems that often misunderstand or marginalize difference, I bring both clinical knowledge and deep empathy to this work. My goal is to walk alongside you as you reclaim your voice, your agency, and your path forward.