Harold "Lanny" Monson, LMFT
Compassionate, practical help for relationship struggles
About Harold
Harold "Lanny" Monson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people address relationship and personal struggles. He listens for what feels out of balance and works with clients to name workable changes.
Background and approach
Lanny brings 25 years of experience and a calm, direct style to conversations about stress, anger, grief, addiction, and other concerns. He uses practical methods to help people feel more in control.
Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings. He often draws on client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral tools to spot patterns and test new ways of responding.
Lanny also works with issues tied to trauma, sexual and physical abuse, and the effects of discrimination. He has a long history of outreach to underserved groups and experience in correctional, military, and substance use settings.
That background informs his approach to safety, trust, and rebuilding routines. When parents or individuals bring concerns about parenting, blended families, or attachment, he helps them identify small changes that reduce conflict and increase connection.
He pays attention to how everyday habits, communication, and unspoken expectations shape relationships. Education and training include a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University, a Master of Science in Family and Human Development from Utah State University, and a Post-Master's Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy.
He holds a Utah LMFT credential. Lanny offers sessions in English and accepts international clients by online formats.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions; this approach is helpful for people who need space to be heard and make sense of emotions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and tests small behavior changes. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and habit-related issues because it breaks big problems into manageable steps.
The Gottman Method offers practical exercises for improving communication and reducing recurring conflict. It helps people learn specific skills for better conversations and greater emotional connection.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to use and when to try something different.
Online therapy lets people meet by video, take a shorter check-in by phone, or use live chat and text-based messaging for quick updates and between-session support. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, choose the format that matches comfort level, and stay consistent when schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Washington
- Languages
- English