Monet Hefner, LCSW

Monet Hefner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem and intimacy. She uses a warm, interactive style to create a space where people can talk through painful moments and begin to heal. Monet aims to make starting therapy feel doable and supportive for someone taking that first step.

She brings three years of clinical experience working directly with people in therapeutic settings. Her background includes a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from San Diego State University. Those degrees inform how she blends practical tools with attention to each person's experience.

Therapy sessions focus on the person in front of her. Monet draws from client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to each client. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and emotionally-focused ideas to address relationship and intimacy concerns.

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven into work on stress, decision-making, and motivation for change. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with simple strategies to try between meetings. Monet encourages people to set small steps and notice progress over time.

She works with a range of concerns beyond trauma, including issues related to LGBT identity, caregiver stress, communication problems, and first responder challenges. Her approach aims to meet people where they are and help them build coping skills that fit daily life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy puts the client's concerns first and focuses on listening, understanding, and reflecting what matters to the person. Online sessions can preserve that conversational, person-led rhythm so the therapist follows the client’s priorities each week.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses clear steps to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In online sessions, CBT tools like thought records and behavioral experiments can be assigned between meetings and reviewed together to track progress.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people name and change patterns in close relationships and in how they handle emotional pain. Working with these patterns online allows emotion-focused conversations to continue when schedules or distance make in-person visits difficult.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as needed. That decision-making happens together, not imposed on the client.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time so people can attend from different locations. Those practical benefits often help people keep therapy consistent while they work toward their goals.