About Me

Monica Gullotta is an educator, lecturer, author, and mental health columnist. In 1999, she founded and facilitated the Upstate Group for Panic, Anxiety and Depression, where she provided educational group meetings and activities for 16 consecutive years.

In 2009, she founded the Ray of Hope Wellness Center, where she provided one-on-one mentoring sessions to educate individuals contending with anxiety and depression. Her work primarily focused on helping individuals understand the origin of their anxiety and depression, and implementing techniques to improve their overall functionality. She developed an array of coping strategies and techniques to mitigate symptoms while emphasizing the development of strategies for reframing the way anxiety and depression was viewed.

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Ms. Gullotta's demonstrated expertise in shame addresses its psychological effects, including its ability to impede functionality, drive addictive behaviors, and contribute to mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.

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Ms. Gullotta's own personal journey with toxic shame, coupled with over twenty-five years working with clients, became the catalyst for developing the Developmental and Recovery Stages of Shame, which highlights the unique stages of shame, with an emphasis on mastery, resilience, and liberation from shame.

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She has authored three books titled:

• Conquering Shame:  Surviving to Thriving, which incorporates the Developmental and Recovery Stages of Shame that Ms. Gullotta developed to mitigate the effects of shame.​

• Rethinking Anxiety and Depression:  Two Important Messengers

• Therapy Land, a memoir that chronicles her life.

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Monica has attended Syracuse University and Capella University and has a master's degree specializing in counseling.