Monica Arroyo, LCSW

Premarital Counseling: Answering the Questions Love forgets to Ask

By Monica Arroyo It’s one of the most common dreams: meet someone, fall in love, get married, and start a life together. So many people long for this. And when ...

Financial Stress: How to Know if it’s impacting Your Wellbeing?

By Monica Arroyo Although it’s not glamorous in any way, finances impact our wellbeing more than most people like to admit. Granted, this stress is mostly reserved for those who ...

Connection, Communication, and Comfort: 6 Key Ways to Be There for your Teen

The teenager in your life needs you in their life too. Despite the shrugs that pass for answers to your questions. Notwithstanding the rolled eyes, grimaces, or long-suffering sighs. Regardless ...

Facing the Holidays Alone? Ways to Deal with Loneliness

The holidays can be a cheery, festive time of year – but if you’re feeling lonely during these long holiday months, it’s not quite so merry. Perhaps you live too ...

4 Key Ways to Keep Your Marriage Strong Through the Holidays

What do the holidays mean to your marriage? Do you spend the weeks tapped into the gratitude and good times of the season? Or are you both strained and stressed ...

Holiday Anxiety? Maintain Your Calm with These 5 Soothing Steps

Even though the holiday season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, it’s not uncommon for people to experience higher levels of stress than usual. Between ...

5 Common Misinterpreted Anxiety Symptoms Your Teen May Be Exhibiting

Is your teen anxious? How can you be sure? Maybe they are moody, jumpy, or prone to mysterious aches and pains that keep them home from school? Is that anxiety? ...

5 Key Strategies for Moving On after Your Break Up

Breakups come in many forms. Sometimes they hurt terribly. And sometimes they were such a long time coming that you can’t help but look forward to your freedom. Still, it ...

Overwhelmed by Back to School Anxiety? Tips for parents on How to Stay Calm.

Parents often joke that they are relieved when the end of summer arrives and are eager to put their children back into the routine of the school year. Yet, most ...

Their Infidelity is Not Your Fault! 5 Strategies to Reclaim your Self-esteem

To discover that your partner was unfaithful was a blow. A blow to your trust, your future together, and not least of all, a blow to who you imagine yourself ...