Monica is a psychologist holding both a Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology and a Master of Clinical Psychology. She has over 12 years experience in private practice and inpatient and outpatient mental health services across Sydney. Monica is the founder of Eastern Suburbs Psychology and the Senior Psychologist at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Campbelltown Hospital. Monica also has rooms at Developmental Paediatrics, where she consults as part of a multidisciplinary team treating complex mental health presentations.

Monica holds an area of specialty in eating and body image disorders. She has a passion for working with sports professionals across the lifespan who, as a population, are uniquely vulnerable to disordered eating and exercise behaviours due to the relationship athletic performance has with nutritional intake and training schedule. She also has an interest in anxiety disorders and their impact on performance.

Monica is primarily a cognitive behavioural therapist. However, she also uses modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and schema work.

Monica is a proud member of the eating disorders and Body Image research network at WSU and was awarded the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Enterprise International Award for excellence in research in 2020. Monica is a board-approved supervisor and provides clinical supervision as a credentialed eating disorder clinician and member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders to those undertaking the credentialing program in NSW. She currently holds the position of Adjunct Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology at Western Sydney University and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and College of Clinical Psychologists.