- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Mexico, Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Rhonda
Rhonda Aragon is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in Texas. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting concerns. Her approach is warm and direct, aiming to make the first steps feel simple and doable.
Rhonda creates a calm space where clients can talk through painful experiences and everyday struggles. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people try small changes to test what works.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and rooted in what a person needs right now. Her work blends several approaches to fit each client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on the client's needs and perspective. When trauma is involved, she may use EMDR techniques alongside emotion-focused work to address strong feelings. Rhonda often supports people dealing with grief, relationship strain, sleep problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses issues like codependency, attachment questions, body image, and coping with major life changes. Her goal is to help clients build clearer boundaries and steadier coping skills. In sessions she moves at a steady pace and stays collaborative.
She explains options, checks in about what’s helping, and adjusts plans when needed. For parents feeling overwhelmed, she offers straightforward strategies to reduce daily strain while strengthening emotional connection.
What Rhonda works with
Everything Rhonda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rhonda helps people with.
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Rhonda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's experience and priorities, letting the person guide what matters most in sessions.She also draws on elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when strong emotions or distress tolerance skills are needed. DBT offers clear skills for managing intense feelings and improving communication, which can be helpful for relationship stress and anger issues. Rhonda works with clients to choose which approaches fit their goals, and she adapts plans as progress is made in sessions.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people engage face-to-face for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, or when someone needs flexible, ongoing contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy parenting schedule and to try different formats as needs change.
Questions people ask about Rhonda
What concerns does Rhonda commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, anger, career strain, and parenting concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, helps identify repeating patterns, and tests small changes that can make daily life easier.
What background and experience does she bring?
She has ten years of clinical experience and has supported people through trauma recovery, addiction support, and life transitions.
What credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LCSW credentials and practices in Texas under the NM LCSW and TX LCSW listings.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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