Harold "Lanny" Monson

Lanny uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to help people regain a sense of control and hope. He often works with relationship and parenting concerns, anxiety and stress, trauma and abuse, addictions, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

He also supports people facing grief, career transitions, eating concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. His background includes work with diverse and underserved populations.

Lanny draws on several approaches in his work. He uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful space where the person is the expert on their life.

He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior. He also incorporates elements of the Gottman Method when addressing relationship dynamics.

His experience includes work with survivors of sexual assault, people with substance use histories, domestic violence survivors and offenders, inmates in correctional settings, and outreach to communities facing homelessness and discrimination. That varied work informs a practical, no-nonsense style that aims to restore choice and agency.

Lanny earned 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 from Saint Mary's University. He is licensed as an LMFT in Utah and Washington and practices under the name The Power Within.