Works with
How Rhonda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Mexico, Texas
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rhonda
Rhonda Aragon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas with ten years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, grief, and anger. Her approach aims to make emotional work practical and relatable for everyday life.
Rhonda creates a calm, respectful space where clients can talk through painful memories and current struggles. She pays attention to how past experiences shape present reactions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include paced breathing, ground-level skill-building, and simple ways to shift unhelpful thinking. Her practice blends several approaches depending on what a person needs. She uses client-centered listening to follow each person's pace.
She brings cognitive behavioral ideas to help change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems stuck. She also draws on emotion-focused methods to improve how people connect with their feelings. When trauma is part of the story, she can use methods that help process and reduce the hold of painful memories.
For people facing addiction or compassion fatigue, she focuses on skills that support steady routines and clearer boundaries. She also helps with sleep problems, intimacy-related struggles, parenting stress, and career transitions. Rhonda works collaboratively to set realistic goals and measure progress in small steps.
Her practical style aims to leave people with tools they can use between sessions. She conducts sessions in English and practices in Texas as an LCSW.
What Rhonda works with
Everything Rhonda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rhonda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rhonda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard and to uncover goals that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete tools to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and effective communication. DBT can be useful for intense emotions, relationship strains, and coping during high-stress periods.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily reality. That choice can shift over time, and sessions will adjust as progress or new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum while working through stress, anger, trauma recovery, or habit change.
Questions people ask about Rhonda
What kinds of concerns does Rhonda address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, career matters, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She uses listening first, then teaches practical skills like thought tracking, emotion regulation, and behavioral experiments.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rhonda has ten years of experience working with a wide range of mental health concerns and life challenges.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Texas. The profile lists licensure as NM LCSW and TX LCSW.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.