LPC, 16 years of experience
Hello, my name is Monique Allen. I am a Pennsylvania Licensed Professional Counselor. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Health from Alvernia University in 2007. I then received my Master of Arts in Community Counseling from Alvernia University in 2013. I became a National Certified Counselor in 2016. I am direct and solution focused. I work collaboratively with my clients to address their needs. My goal is to help clients discover their true potential and authenticity, by providing a supportive, nonjudgmental, empowering space that displays my passion for my profession as well as help clients to believe in themselves and reach their goals.
In the initial session, we will begin with brief introductions, then discuss specific challenges that you are experiencing. This affords me the opportunity to create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
I have worked in a vastly diverse institutional environment for over 20-years. My profession has allowed me to develop my skills for helping individuals and couples by identifying the root cause of a client's challenges and creating a plan that is client specific and leads to measurable progress.
I am a clinician with an integrative therapeutic perspective that specializes in working with a diverse adult population. I have experience working with individuals experiencing a number of concerns, including social skills, PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship issues.
3 ratings with written reviews
July 26, 2025
Ms. Allen gave me homework my first session I truly appreciate the solution base practicing right off the back! I feel like I am going to be helped in that regard doing the work and keeping myself busy & focus. I believe Ms. Allen asked me questions during our session to concentrate on those things as well! I’m doing my homework tomorrow and I have booked my next session.
February 15, 2025
Monique was very warm and understanding
January 25, 2025
She was very genuine and honest. We would book her again!
I often use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in my practice. In your first session, we'll explore what brought you to therapy and then decide the most appropriate ways to help you make progress. With CBT, we’ll look at how your thoughts affect your emotions and experience. During treatment, I'll help you learn how to push back against those thoughts to change your feelings for the better.
Reality therapy encourages problem solving and is based on the idea that people experience mental distress when their basic psychological needs have not been met. In my experience as a psychologist in a correctional environment, I have used this method in collaboration with CBT to emphasizes the impact of choice in a client's actions. This helps to creates accountability for the client's behaviors. Therapy is specifically focused on the client's current state and places less importance on past experiences or the presence of mental health conditions.
Supportive therapy helps patients and their families manage the symptoms of a disease or illness, and the side effects of treatment. It doesn't treat the underlying cause of the disease, but it can help patients feel better, have fewer symptoms, and get better faster.
Experiential therapy has been a method used in my 11-years of experience as a psychologist in a correctional environment. Help clients decrease their anxiety by redirecting their focus on their personal responsibility for making decisions.
I help couples gain a better understanding of negative patterns within the relationship by identifying negative behaviors, which can be changed in order to improve the relationship.