- Years in practice
- 33
- Credentials
- LCSW-R
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Ronda
Ronda Russell is a licensed social worker in New York with 33 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and parenting concerns. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life easier. Ronda uses clear conversation and steady support to help clients explore what matters most to them.
Her approach begins with a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be named.
Background and approach
She listens closely and helps people map out small changes that add up. Ronda draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas to turn insight into usable strategies. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people reconnect with their values and find motivation for change.
Narrative work is part of her practice too, which helps clients reframe difficult stories and notice new possibilities. These tools are used to address concerns such as relationship strain, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and career stress. Ronda has supported people coping with trauma, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and compassion fatigue.
She offers guidance for those facing life transitions like separation, blended family issues, or aging-related changes. Her work often includes coaching elements to build skills and confidence. Sessions are practical and conversational.
Ronda helps people set realistic goals and follows up on progress. The focus is on usable skills that fit into everyday life rather than long lectures or jargon.
What Ronda works with
Everything Ronda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ronda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ronda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
How Ronda’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can try small experiments and shift unhelpful patterns. These methods suit worries, mood challenges, sleep problems, and everyday parenting stress.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust as progress is made, so the plan fits real life and changes over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation, phone works if bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give practical flexibility so people can keep momentum while handling work, caregiving, and daily routines.
Questions people ask about Ronda
What kinds of problems does Ronda address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, sleep issues, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar and depression, and related topics.
What is her general therapy style?
Ronda uses a client-centered style with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 33 years of professional experience working with people in clinical and support roles.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LCSW-R in New York and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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