Nancy Montes, LCSW
California · 22 years in practice
Nancy Montes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California with 22 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 26312 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1528273372 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Nancy
Nancy Montes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in California with 22 years of experience. She draws on a long career helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Her work emphasizes respect and culturally sensitive care.
Nancy uses straightforward, practical conversations to help people identify what feels most pressing. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps clients try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions are tailored to each person’s situation and goals. Her background includes work across a wide range of concerns such as caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, body image struggles, postpartum depression, and social anxiety. She also supports people facing isolation, communication problems, family conflict, and multicultural stressors.
Her practice addresses both sudden losses and long-term emotional weariness like compassion fatigue. Nancy integrates several therapeutic styles to fit the client rather than sticking to one method.
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at relationship and attachment patterns, Client-Centered Therapy to keep the work focused on the person’s own priorities, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to map and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and Jungian ideas also inform her perspective when relevant. People who connect with her often want a collaborative, down-to-earth approach.
She aims to make therapy a place to try small changes, learn new skills, and build steadier emotional balance. The work moves at a pace chosen by the client.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nancy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nancy names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
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Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how people relate and attach to others. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in relationships, process strong emotions, and try new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and pace. In remote sessions the therapist follows what matters most to the client and supports self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills. CBT works well online for learning coping tools, mood tracking, and homework between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, comfort level, and life situation. Changes are made gradually and can mix methods depending on what helps.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can fit therapy into busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats increase flexibility and make it simpler to attend sessions from different locations or schedules.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Nancy address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, aging issues, body image, postpartum depression, trauma, and social anxiety.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical steps, understanding patterns, and trying changes that feel doable.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience working in California settings. That background includes a range of emotional and behavioral concerns across diverse communities.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California. Her practice operates out of California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and needs.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to the listed availability.
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