Monica Freeland

Monica Freeland, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who provides therapy for teens, emerging adults, adults, couples, and families. She offers both in-person therapy in Chicago and online therapy across Illinois. She creates a warm, supportive environment where clients feel truly heard, respected, and safe to explore what’s bringing them to therapy.

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Monica specializes in working with individuals navigating anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also supports clients facing relationship challenges, family conflict, parenting stress, and workplace issues. Her therapy approach is grounded in psychodynamic and family systems theories, with a deep respect for each person’s lived experience and emotional complexity.

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Monica earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. Monica has also completed a 3-year Psychodynamic Psychotherapy program at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute, where she received in-depth training in understanding the underlying emotional patterns, relationship dynamics, and life experiences that shape a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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Whether working with individuals, couples, or families, Monica meets clients where they are, without a fixed agenda, offering empathy, curiosity, and space to move at their own pace. She believes that meaningful change emerges through a strong, collaborative therapeutic relationship.