Marriage and Family Therapist
Parenting Strategist
I’m Monica M Madden
It’s a Pleasure to Meet You!
MY PHILOSOPHY
Behaviors are shaped by two main factors: how our brains function and how we relate to ourselves and others. When we develop a healthy self-relationship and understand the brain’s influence on behaviors, we naturally focus more on connecting with our children rather than on correcting them.
Most parents address their children’s behavioral challenges with common current-day approaches. These strategies often overlook a key element: your relationship with your children is vital to your family’s health. To understand why this connection matters, consider that the patterns you inherited, such as how you react to stress, express affection, or set boundaries, were shaped by your own upbringing long before you had words to name them. As you navigate parenthood, these inherited patterns add fuel to a burning fire, which can lead to parent burnout. Acting as blueprints, they quietly guide every connection—with your partner, children, family, and the world around you.
This is why it’s not about treating the behavior, but understanding the connection between the brain and relationship. My work is grounded in the belief that healthy, sustainable, deeply connected relationships don’t happen by accident. They are built—intentionally, with awareness, with language, and with honest reckoning with the parent that shows up in every room. Deeply connected relationships can permanently extinguish fires that you never knew existed.
Supporting parents and families in strengthening communication, emotional awareness, and relational connection.
Therapeutic specialities include:
- Self-Regulation
- Parenting
- Relationships
- Behavior Challenges
- Communication Challenges
Clinical Background :
- MS in Marriage and Family Therapy
- Clinical Hypnotherapy Training w/ ASCH
- Elite Brain Health Clinician (Amen University)
- Brainspotting Training
Professional Memberships :
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapist (AAMFT)
- American Society of of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
- National Society of Leadership and Success
Professional Certifications :
- Hypnosis (Nonclinical methods)
- DISC Behavior Consultant
- Neuro-ligiustics Practictioner
- Maxwell Leadership Executive Director (Coach/Speaker/Trainer)
I am committed to providing ethical, client (relationship)—centered care in my work and structured, growth-oriented experiences in my educational coaching programs.
My work is expressed through two distinct but complementary areas:
Therapy Services
Parenting and Relationship Strategies
Beyond therapy, I offer educational and coaching-based programs that help parents and families transform how they relate to themselves and to each other. These programs serve parents who are ready to grow; parents who want to lead their families with intention, and anyone seeking to build healthier relational patterns from the inside out. They are not therapy, but brain-based and relationship strategies designed to look beyond behavioral patterns and enhance relationships at the core.
My Approach
Across both areas of my work, I focus on the connection between brain-based behaviors and relationship patterns, including the relationship you have with yourself.
My framework supports parents and families in developing brain-based behavior awareness and understanding relational patterns to create deeper connection and everlasting change.
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Services
Marriage and Family Therapy
Parent Strategies
Relationship Strategies