- Years in practice
- 18
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Rita
Rita Mahon is a licensed clinical social worker in Rhode Island who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. She encourages a straightforward, respectful approach and treats each person as the expert on their own life. Rita aims to make first steps feel manageable and practical for worried parents and caregivers.
She draws on 18 years of professional experience and uses methods that focus on present moment choices, changing unhelpful thinking, and building useful skills.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Rita listens for what matters most to each person and looks for small changes that add up over time. Rita works with people dealing with trauma, substance concerns, mood shifts such as depression or bipolar symptoms, and challenges like burnout or compassion fatigue.
She also supports those navigating adoption and foster care issues, attachment and abandonment wounds, caregiver stress, and identity concerns within LGBT experiences. Her style balances acceptance with active problem solving. She may introduce exercises to notice difficult thoughts, practice grounding or emotional regulation skills, and set doable behavior goals.
Parents often appreciate concrete strategies they can try between sessions. Rita offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and an appointment is scheduled according to availability.
What Rita works with
Everything Rita lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Rita helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rita lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking actions that matter, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It can help people who feel stuck or overwhelmed by daily stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets patterns of thinking and behavior that maintain anxiety or low mood, offering practical steps to test and change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. This allows adjustments over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and comfort levels. Video sessions let people use visual cues for richer conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, reflection between sessions, or continued momentum when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling parenting and work commitments.
Questions people ask about Rita
What kinds of concerns does Rita help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, addiction, and related challenges such as burnout and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical, combining acceptance-based work with skill building and cognitive strategies to address thinking and behavior patterns.
What is her professional background?
Rita has 18 years of professional experience as a clinician and holds the LICSW credential. She emphasizes listening to each person's story while offering practical tools.
Where is Rita licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Rhode Island and works with clients from that state in the offered session formats.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Rita provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; exact cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How do I get started with Rita?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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