Honored to be in community with you. 

Hola! I'm Dr. Monique Gonzalez (Dr. Mo more often these days) and my pronouns are she/her/ella. Several years ago, I made a big leap. I moved from San Francisco, California to a tiny slow paced village in Spain. I live between mountain, river and sea, hang all my laundry outside to dry, and grow all kinds of plantitas and veggies on an orange orchard that my partner and I are stewarding/rewilding. My adolescent city self would be laughing, "Who even are you?" It has been very different and incredibly healing for my well-being.

I left my job as a therapist back in 2020 due to the impact of a disability, known as Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). As you may have noticed in my credentials, I hold doctoral education and training in mental health. However, I recently made the significant decision to place my licensure on 'inactive status' to honor the shift away from a career in clinical care towards this new phase of creative reinvention. It feels a bit odd yet 100% aligned to no longer refer to myself as a 'psychologist'. That title made sense for a long time. And now, it is liberating to explore a new version of my professional, creative leadership.

I enjoy facilitating community offerings that allow me to follow the pace, flow, cycle of my own body+mind+spirit. Plus, I get to connect meaningfully with more value aligned folks around the world and co-create nourishing, accessible spaces for support.

A few projects I've been working on:

🌱hosting online courses and workshops to folks living with chronic illness
🌱writing as a way to connect and uplift PMD awareness
🌱teaching Continuing Education trainings to mental health providers 

✨A special creative project I am currently channeling is a fiction novel! I am tapping into my writer's identity and conjuring up a book. Stay tuned.✨

My intuition, mindfulness training, ancestral practices, trauma responsive care experience, and cultural humility principles strongly guide my approach. I am bilingual-ish in English/Spanish, and am proud to come from a family of Latinx immigrants.

Much of what I share is focused on learning how to flow with the sacred messy of our humanity (I wrote a blog about this, if you're interested). I view creativity and authenticity as resistance to the paradigms that have had us all questioning our worth. I also consider collective care as paramount. We need each other. For my fellow chronic illness and disabled folks, you are oh so seen here and I am sending you an extra big virtual compassionate ray of light.

Thanks for bearing witness to my story. Sending you gratitude for taking time to be present. If you are not yet receiving my newsletters, please do sign up so we can stay connected. 

Un abrazo virtual muy fuerte,
Dr. Mo