“It’s time to live in the present and build your own path. Connect your heart to your thoughts. The time has come.“
-Monica Villalba
*Wellness package available for Essential Workers, Thank you for your service.
Private Sessions To Help You With
Self-Esteem and Self-Care
Chronic Illnesses
Someone to Talk To
Conflict Resolution
Career Change Support
Mood Improvement
Better Sleep Cycles
Eating Habits
Coping Mechanisms
Isolation & Loneliness
Healthy Relationships
Resilience / Trauma
Here Are The Techniques I Use
Breathing Techniques
To help you slow down and just observe your breath and your immediate experience. Bringing back awareness of the present moment and responding to stress in adaptive ways.
Mindfulness Techniques
You learn to be present and in the moment, slow down, notice your own thoughts and feelings, and choose a response that is not based on your present emotions.
Client Centered Therapy
Focuses on providing unconditional positive regard, empathy, and genuine support
Motivational Interviewing
This technique will help you decide where to start so you can be seen with empathy and feel like you are being listened to and understood
Adaptive Positive Thinking
This will help you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Will help you focus on your own thoughts and beliefs, and how they influence your mood and actions and aims to change unhealthy behavior patterns.
Behavior Change Techniques
To help you meet your personal and health goals.
Emotional Intelligence
To help you to develop the ability to perceive emotions, build stronger relationships, turn intention into action, and good decision making.
Positive Psychology
This will help you to become happier, more fulfilled, and positive. Focus on positive experiences to start over as necessary.
Supportive Talk Therapy
This will help you to find solutions not only to specific symptoms but also to difficulties at work, in your social life, and with self- esteem
Who is Monica?
PSYD / Certified Wellness and Health Coach
Monica Villalba is a nationwide Wellcoach certified health coach and owner of Mindful Wellness. Over the past 20 years, Monica has held positions in social work and health care. Specifically, she has provided health and life coaching to clients across the United States and in Colombia, her native country. During the last year, she has trained hundreds of individuals in areas such as breathing techniques, and meditation to help with anxiety, strategies for learning new habits that replace unhealthy habits. Monica is passionate, trustworthy, and has been a reliable health coach for all of her clients over the years. She enjoys getting to know her clients and is curious about their goals. She supports their way of making changes based on their level of readiness. As an experienced wellness coach, she has the ability to use different approaches including Motivational Interviewing, Client-Centered-Therapy, connect deeply with people to help them recognize their abilities and strengths since each client is an expert on their life to work on their goals, encouraging them to use adaptive positive thinking strategies and mindfulness techniques. Monica is bilingual and has provided face to face coaching to Spanish speaking clients in a primary health care setting as well as via phone and video across the United States.
Services
Preventive Care
It is the most important step you take to manage your physical and emotional health. Incorporate new habits and positive behavior changes. It will be easier to make healthy lifestyle decisions when you have the information and guidance of your wellness coach. For example, preventable risk factors such as maintaining your proper weight, eating healthy, regular exercise, can be managed with the use of mindfulness techniques along with other healthy steps that can significantly reduce your chances for illness and negative mood changes.
Wellness Coach
It is a professional approach in which you will have a health partner who will help you identify your strengths and abilities to improve your lifestyle and well-being. It is important to assess your current physical and emotional state in order to help you set goals for what you want to achieve step-by-step in your overall wellness.
Group Presentations
Allows organizations to provide staff members with an environment to provide health education information to help employees learn about health and wellness and how to take a proactive role in their own health and wellness by setting goals, creating an action plan, develop strategies to overcome possible challenges and enhance healthy behaviors. It will help them to improve their medical and living conditions that are positively reflected in their job performance towards the company goals.
Testimonials
Monica is a lovely and kind person that will make you feel welcome and listened to without judgement. She has a strong understanding of psychology and human behavior from her many years of experience. But what makes her different from any other practitioner, is her strong intuition. She can read beyond the words you are saying and address root causes of your problems. She is also an amazing problem solver with a wealth of knowledge about resources and contacts. If you are ready to take the next step towards your goals, and you need the support, Monica is your person!
I thank God every day for putting you on my path. Monica, thank you for everything you did for me, I know that you will continue helping women like me to overcome the obstacles that seem to have no way out. God bless you. Monica, may your heart continue to be full of kindness so that you can continue helping those in need. Thank you Monica.
It has been a learning experience for me. Even though you are coming from a different culture. It was a pleasure to work with you. You gave me great ideas and information. It helps me to feel more confident working daily on my action plan and achieving my goals. Thanks, Monica.
You encouraged me to start things in different ways. It was so good. I made it through. You were very easy to talk with. I did not feel judged. You created a safe place for me to share my thoughts and concerns. I appreciate this so much.
Monica is an inspiring force: highly committed, dedicated, and energetic, creative and innovative yet thorough in her methods, and is a warm, appreciative, and open teammate who is patient and genuinely interested in learning from others. Most of all, she knows herself really well–her interests, her ambitions, her needs, and her limits–and can communicate from that place easily. Her ability to articulate, focus, and work toward her vision is inspiring and helped move the team and the organization toward healthy, sustainable changes. Monica brings incredible sensitivity, respect, patience, and compassion to all of her work. She meets her coworkers, clients, and students where they are and in every case helps them to move forward with their health affirming goals, projects, and initiatives. In addition, Monica brings a consistent ability to focus, strategize, plan, and collaborate as well as a deep sense of responsibility and ability to ask for support when needed in a timely manner. I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to work with Monica. I know that she brings a seriousness of purpose and deep heart to whatever she does. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions at all or want to speak further about Monica.
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FAQs
These are the most common questions from my clients.
What is the typical process for working with a new client?
A session is scheduled to be delivered by phone call or secure video call in the comfort of your home or office at the time that is more convenient to you.
What you can expect during your first session?
Introduction to the benefits and explanation of how the session works and answer questions. Based on your needs you will work in partnership to decide what are your priorities, setting goals, make the action plan, and overcome barriers.
How does Mindful Wellness protect my information and confidentiality?
All the sessions will be secure and confidentiality is guaranteed by HIPAA compliant.
How should customers know about your pricing (Discounts, fee)
There are different packages based on how long the sessions will take. A sliding scale is available. A bill will be provided for you to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement if it is under your coverage plan.
Does remote coaching work as effectively as a session in person?
Remote coaching sessions have been proved to be very effective, sometimes more effective as a session in person. High quality and the best care standard are the priorities.
How long can you have coaching sessions and experience changes?
It would be determined during the first session based on your personal needs and desires. Coaching sessions are very effective. You can experience changes from the first session. It might take between 6 – 12 sessions to identify your priorities, setting up goals, and developing the action plan. The coaching sessions will be longer or not depending on the readiness of change.
How does the coaching session help me?
Coaches are relationship builders. You will have a trusted and qualified partner to work with who has more than 20 years of experience helping people to identify their strengths, and skills to work on their goals so at the end of the treatment they have their own toolkit to use as needed to continue working on their habits and new life routines.
What is the goal of the coaching session?
Since it’s a cheerful, positive, friendly, and safe environment to share thoughts, opinions, dreams, goals, fears, and challenges. You will receive support and guidance in a Non-judgemental environment to recognize and overcome barriers and challenges that prevent you from enjoying your physical and emotional life.
Want to Learn More?
Schedule a FREE Consult with me to explore your options and possibilities.
60 Minutes initial and
45 Minutes follow up
Coaching Package
Appointments take place via telehealth (video chat) in a location that is convenient, private, and comfortable for you using a computer or mobile device.