Monique Trump Snelson, LMFT
Somatic-informed therapist focusing on practical change
About Monique
Monique Trump Snelson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people notice how their body and emotions connect. She blends somatic awareness with practical talk-based work to address anxiety, stress, relationship struggles, grief, and life changes. Monique keeps sessions straightforward and grounded so clients can gain tools they can use right away.
She emphasizes building self-compassion and clearer communication. That often means learning to notice physical tension, identify automatic thoughts, and practice new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Monique uses feelings and body cues as information rather than signs of failure, and then helps people develop concrete coping skills. Her approach draws from attachment-based ideas and client-centered care. This creates a space where people feel heard while also working toward realistic goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are part of the toolbox when helpful. Monique holds an LMFT credential and has eight years of clinical experience. She offers sessions from Michigan in English and provides multiple online formats to suit different needs.
Her work includes attention to trauma, parenting challenges, career stress, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Clients can expect a mix of body-focused noticing, skill practice, and clear conversation about next steps.
The aim is to help people build resilience and move forward with more ease.
How somatic and attachment work translates online
Somatic-informed work focuses on how the body holds emotion and tension. In sessions this often looks like noticing breathing, posture, or physical sensations and linking those experiences to thoughts and feelings. This can help when anxiety, sleep problems, or anger feel stuck in the body.Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect trust and communication. It helps people identify repeating relationship habits and practice new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy makes listening and personal goals central, so the pace comes from the person's needs and preferences.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative exploration helps match somatic noticing, attachment work, or skill-based strategies to each person's situation.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This variety makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to choose formats that feel most comfortable for different kinds of work. Licensed professionals can guide body-focused noticing, relationship exploration, and practical skills across these online formats.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Indiana, Alabama, Ohio, Georgia
- Languages
- English