Meet Your Therapist!

Monisha Sanabria, MS, MSW, LCSW

Welcome! I bring over two decades of counseling experience, and served for the last 10 years as a psychotherapist embedded in a ground forces special operations unit. I was raised in NY and have called Destin my home (via Ft. Bragg, NC) since 2011. It’s an honor to work alongside elite special operators, combat mission support, and the occasional flier in my full-time position. In that role I provide individual and couples therapy, leadership/command consultation, and conduct a myriad of seminars ranging from couples workshops to 360 feedbacks to topics such as ethical fitness, cognitive biases, emotional intelligence, etc. Prior to my work as a therapist with special operations I spent 12 years counseling in settings including the VA, hospital, schools and non-profit agencies. Education is a lifelong pursuit for me, and continues well beyond degrees to trainings, courses, reading (you’ll always get book recs from me!) and discourse with my select group of seasoned clinicians. My practice has evolved significantly from ongoing post-graduate education, most notably in my somatic and neuroscience-based treatment approaches.

In my spare time I find my Om falling off boulders, spending QT with my son, nerding out on all things psychotherapy, taking extended breaks between sets at the gym, petting other people’s dogs, laughing at questionable humor, embracing my extroverted introversion to keep up with friends, and chasing dry weather and mountains out west.