Monique Barber, MS
Christian Worldview
Licensed Professional Counselor
National Board-Certified Counselor
Board-Certified Telemental Health Provider
The Cortina Method© Practitioner
Addiction | Marginalized Populations | Trauma | Couples
Measurement-Based Care
Monique has a Christian worldview, which helps guide her pursuit to reach people who are ready to move toward health and healing.
She works with individuals entering treatment for most mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, grief, and trauma. She has additional training and enjoys working with people who have a substance use disorder (addiction), couples and families, and marginalized populations. She uses a broad range of interventions, including spiritual integration upon request, tailored to meet the needs of each client.
Taking Your Olympic Measure (Excerpt)
Think of the records you have held:
For one second, you were the world’s youngest person.
It was a long time ago, but still.
At this moment, you are living
In the farthest thousandth-of-a-second in the history of time.
You have beaten yesterday’s record, again.
You were perhaps the only participant,
But in the race to get from your bedroom to the bathroom,
You won.
You win so much, all the time in all things.
Your heart simply beats and beats and beats—
It does not lose, although perhaps one day.
* * * * *
Not all records are for the scrapbook, of course—
Sometimes you are the best at being the worst.
Some records are secret—you know which ones.
Some records you’re not even aware of.
In general, however, at the end of a long day, you are—
Unlikely as it may seem—the record holder of note.
– Alberto Ríos
(Poetry was an Olympic event from 1912-1948).
