Dr. Mona Stribling

Dr. Mona Stribling is a licensed psychologist practicing in Hawaii and Florida with 19 years of experience. She greets clients warmly and offers a respectful, compassionate space to talk through hard situations. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. She also supports those facing complicated life changes and mood-related concerns.

Her approach is practical and collaborative. She often uses solution-focused, goal-directed work that leans on a person's strengths. She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered therapy, and mindfulness-based practices depending on what fits the person in front of her.

Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, doable steps. She helps people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and use values to guide decisions. For trauma and abuse-related concerns she integrates trauma-focused strategies alongside grounding and coping skills.

Dr. Stribling also addresses issues such as caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, gender dysphoria, infidelity, loneliness, life purpose, veteran and armed forces issues, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, panic, and self-love. Narcissism is listed among her focus areas when relevant to a person's concerns.

Her style is flexible and tailored. She works with each person to shape sessions around their goals and life demands. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Dr. Stribling commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values while learning to sit with difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try practical tools to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to choose or blend methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That means initial sessions are often about understanding what matters most and testing which techniques help in everyday life.

For practical matters around online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques to remote sessions so people can practice skills and get feedback between meetings.