Monie Gwaltney, ACSW

Meet Monie

(she, her, hers)

Monie is a BIPOC clinician and an expert in the field of trauma-informed care, treatment (individual and group psychotherapy), community outreach, and program development. Across her social work practice, Monie has gathered extensive experience with navigating civil, legal, restorative, and transformative justice systems. She has raised her critical consciousness to the broader socio-political context that uniquely impacts her clients, who may have experienced trauma and/or are traumatized by the systems in which they live. Her approach aims to destigmatize mental health therapy within an empowering and affirming context. Monie has a breadth of training experience which includes facilitating the healing and growth of individuals, groups, and communities that have been impacted by trauma. Monie is licensed as an associate clinical social worker and has several years’ worth of experience in the mental health field, during which she has worked in counseling and clinical case management capacities at Deaf Community Counseling Services and Lexington’s Center for Mental Health Services. 

Monie provides psychotherapy that affirms, integrates, and celebrates an individual’s identity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, personal experience, and their relationship to community in the healing process. She has specialized experience working with Deafblind, Deaf Disabled, Deaf and Hard-of-hearing survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual victimization, human trafficking, and stalking. Monie constantly strives to be an ally to historically marginalized individuals and communities, promoting efforts that prevent trauma and promote justice and healing. Throughout her social work training, she has had ample experience working closely with social service providers and cultivating outside partnerships that ensure her clients’ overall needs are met. Beyond the provision of mental health services, Monie has worked in many capacities to support her clients, including overseeing case management and supporting processes to ensure that trauma survivors will have access to safety planning and other necessary resources. By assuming versatile roles in the field of mental health service, Monie continues to tap into her passion for needs-based advocacy work that serves D/deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) communities. She has facilitated educational programs that raise awareness to the accessibility needs of DHH individuals and has taken part to innovate linguistically-accessible materials for members of the DHH communities. Monie has a longstanding history of promoting cultural humility practices, where she has collaborated with organizations and co-created culturally accommodating services that guide providers’ work with DHH clients in mental health spaces. 

Monie has a particular passion and interest in providing accessible and comprehensive services to DHH clients. She is inspired and driven by her mission to enhance the quality of mental health support and resources available to DHH communities. Monie is currently studying to obtain her LCSW and plans to continue providing psychotherapy in the state of California.

Monie's pronouns are she/hers.