About Monica

Monica Sampson, LMSW, is a clinical and macro social worker with 31 years of practice working with vulnerable children, youth, families, and communities. Her purpose is to inform and educate individuals on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by utilizing her educational and professional expertise while continuously focusing on the principles of family, community organization, and partnerships in the effort to formalize a socially just nation one person at a time.

In Private Practice, Monica is a Behavioral Health Therapist and Proprietor, offering guidance and support to individuals and families in need of unique approaches to well-being. Monica also provides individual and group clinical supervision to both licensed and unlicensed therapists in various environments and modalities. 

Monica holds several other positions in the community where she is having an impact on social change. She is a Patient Care Manager at United Physicians, Inc.  In this role, she supports primary care physicians by providing services to patients with complex chronic conditions and psychosocial problems. Monica also develops and implements individualized care plans designed to promote maximum functioning, quality of life, and improved clinical outcomes.

Monica is also a Lecturer II at the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Social Work in Ann Arbor, MI. Here, she educates MSW candidates in macro and micro studies such as; Community Organizing, Management, Policy Evaluation, Social Welfare Policy, and Services, along with Children and Youth Services and Social Policies. Monica also educates these candidates in Interpersonal Practices. All of these courses are taught with an emphasis on power, oppression, diversity and social justice (PODS), and diversity equity and inclusion (DEI). 

In her spare time, Monica is frequently found doing motivational and empowerment speaking engagements to women who are struggling and need guidance getting back on their feet on the lower East Side of Detroit.

Prior to that, Monica severed as the Director of Youth and Family Services at the Ruth Ellis Center, specializing in LGBTQ family, mental health, and substance use disorder services. Monica was a Services Program Manager for Child Protective Services (CPS) in Wayne County, Department of Health and Human Services for eighteen (18) years.  Monica prides herself on being knowledgeable in Child Welfare Laws and Policies and sharing this knowledge with the community.   

Monica has worked in the educational, private, public, and now corporate sectors of social work. She studied Psychology at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri, earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1992. She went on to earn her Master of Social Work Degree from Wayne State University in 2000 and became licensed by the State of Michigan in 2007. 

Monica Currently sits on the Board of the National Association of Social Workers as a CCNLI and is a Neighborhood Builders Award Recipient from Bank of America titled: Executive Emerging Leader in 2017.