Nancy Montes, LCSW
California · 22 years in practice
Nancy Montes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker 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
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About Nancy
Nancy Montes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with 22 years of experience. She brings a steady, practical presence to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem issues. Her style centers on listening first and then building a plan that fits each person’s life and goals.
Montes uses a mix of approaches, including Jungian therapy, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She combines attention to inner meaning with concrete skills for coping and problem solving.
Background and approach
That blend can help people who feel stuck after major life changes or who struggle with ongoing worry and low mood. Her background includes work across many settings and with varied concerns such as caregiving stress, body image, communication problems, and isolation.
She adapts conversations and exercises to match what a person needs right now, whether that is short-term relief or deeper exploration. Sessions often focus on practical tools like thought tracking and mindfulness, paired with attention to patterns that repeat in relationships and life choices. Montes aims to help people notice unhelpful habits and try new ways of responding to stress.
She emphasizes respect, cultural sensitivity, and collaboration. The therapist and client set goals together and adjust the plan as progress is made. This approach makes space for both problem-solving and personal growth.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
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Online support
Combining Jungian insight with practical online care
Jungian therapy pays attention to dreams, symbols, and life patterns to help people understand recurring themes. It can be useful for clients who want to explore meaning, identity, or long-standing relationship patterns. Client-centered therapy focuses on a nonjudgmental, respectful dialogue where the client leads the pace and topics, which helps people feel heard and understood.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives concrete tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and it often helps quickly with anxiety, low mood, and stress. Together these approaches let sessions address both immediate symptoms and deeper underlying patterns, depending on what a person wants to work on.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each client to choose and adapt methods based on goals, preferences, and how someone responds in early sessions. That collaborative planning helps make therapy feel useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and texting support shorter check-ins or ongoing reflections between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or busy days.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Nancy focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. She also works with issues like caregiving stress, body image, communication problems, and social anxiety.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends listening and practical work. She pairs insight-oriented conversation with tools such as mindfulness and cognitive techniques to manage symptoms day to day.
What is her professional background?
She has 22 years of professional experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. That background includes helping people with grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, and caregiving stress.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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