Rossana Mendez Cole, LICSW, LCSW
Calm, practical help for strong emotions
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How Rossana works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida, Rhode Island
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Rossana
Rossana Mendez Cole offers calm, straightforward support for people dealing with strong emotions. She helps when anger, anxiety, depression, grief, or major life changes make daily life harder. Rossana speaks English and Spanish and works from Florida as a licensed clinical social worker.
LICSW stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She uses practical, conversational methods that focus on what you want to change.
Background and approach
Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new ways to respond. She also uses motivational interviewing to uncover what really matters to you and to build momentum for change. Her background includes work in homes, schools, clinics, and agencies.
That variety shaped a flexible approach to common concerns like trauma, mood disorders, parenting strain, workplace stress, and compassion fatigue. She has about three years of clinical experience supporting people with these issues. In a session, Rossana aims to make tasks clear and small.
She helps set simple goals, practices skills together, and checks progress each time. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort. People can expect direct, plain language in sessions and options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
Rossana helps clients balance daily demands while working on longer-term changes.
What Rossana works with
Everything Rossana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Rossana's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Dependent personality
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rossana lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her methods translate to online care
Rossana uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and anger. CBT is practical and skill-based, with exercises you can try between sessions.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing, a conversational approach that helps clarify personal reasons for change and builds commitment. This method can be useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Rossana will discuss your goals, try techniques that fit your needs, and adjust plans as you progress. The aim is to find what actually helps you feel and function better.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit short updates into a busy day or to process thoughts between sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around work, caregiving, or other obligations.
Questions people ask about Rossana
What concerns does Rossana address?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, grief, and related issues such as ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and workplace strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses straightforward, goal-focused work. Sessions emphasize changing thought patterns and practicing new responses in everyday situations.
What relevant experience does she have?
She has about three years of clinical experience and has worked in homes, schools, clinics, and agencies with a range of concerns.
What credentials and where is she based?
Rossana holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from Florida, holding both RI LICSW and FL LCSW designations.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.