Rita Mahon, LICSW
Therapist in Rhode Island
Rita Mahon, LICSW, focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles.
- License ISW02728 · Rhode Island Expires May 2027
- NPI 1598079345 · national registry
- Experience and languages 18+ years in practice English
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About Rita
Rita Mahon, LICSW, focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. She frames the first step as a brave one and aims to offer steady, practical support as people work toward a more fulfilling life. Rita uses straightforward, person-centered work.
She listens for each person's strengths and builds on them. Sessions move at a pace the client can handle. The goal is clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports values-based choices even when feelings are hard.
The Gottman Method offers practical ways to improve close relationships and communication. Rita brings 18 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Rhode Island. She has helped people facing trauma, addiction, parenting stress, mood challenges, and career pressure.
She also supports those dealing with attachment, abandonment, caregiving strain, and body image concerns. Sessions are offered in English and can include a mix of short check-ins and deeper work. Rita approaches each person as the expert in their own life and tailors plans to real-world needs.
She helps clients try new habits, practice different conversations, and track what is working. Practical steps are part of the process. Rita offers coaching-style guidance alongside therapy when appropriate, and she helps people set achievable goals for change.
Credentials
- LICSW (Rhode Island)
- License ISW02728 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1598079345 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches Rita names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
How Rita Uses Different Approaches Online
Rita often draws from the Gottman Method to help people strengthen communication patterns and reduce conflict in close relationships. Gottman-based work focuses on concrete, repeatable skills for conversations and emotional connection.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify what matters to them and take action even when feelings are uncomfortable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another tool she uses to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors that lead to better mood and functioning.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Rita talks with each person about goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands before shaping a plan. She may combine methods so the work matches what matters most to the client and what fits into their life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow real-time conversation and skill practice, while phone calls can be a quicker check-in or useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief coaching, tracking progress, or touchpoint support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Rita address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction concerns, and relationship and intimacy issues. Additional focuses include parenting strain, caregiving stress, attachment and abandonment concerns, and body image.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Rita blends person-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT and ACT. Sessions often include skill practice, goal setting, and attention to real-life steps clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional experience working in clinical settings. That background includes work with trauma, mood disorders, addiction issues, and caregiving concerns.
Where is Rita licensed to practice?
Rita holds a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker credential in Rhode Island and provides services while based in that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
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 does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing depends on the plan chosen.
How do I begin working with her?
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