Rev. Rhoda Stuart, LPC - Therapist in Missouri

About Rhoda

Rev. Rhoda Stuart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with over two decades of experience. She focuses on practical steps that help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns.

Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at making conversations feel safe and useful for busy parents. She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to break problems into small, workable changes. Sessions look at current patterns and build clearer ways to cope with anger, mood swings, or life transitions.

Background and approach

Rhoda explains ideas plainly and helps clients try simple strategies between meetings. Her background includes long experience with relationship struggles, addictions, grief, and trauma concerns. She also supports people facing issues like attachment pain, family of origin wounds, caregiver stress, and work-related challenges.

Those topics often come up alongside struggles with self-esteem or purpose. Rhoda adapts the plan to each person rather than following a fixed formula. She listens for what matters most, then zeroes in on concrete next steps such as communication changes or thought exercises.

The aim is steady progress you can notice in daily life. Parents reading this can expect calm, direct guidance and a focus on short-term gains that build toward longer-term improvement. Rhoda encourages small experiments and practical routines that fit family life and other responsibilities.

How her approaches translate to online care

Rhoda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and experiments you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change reactions to stress. She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy which centers on goals and small forward steps; this method helps identify what is already working and build more of it.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will listen to your priorities and suggest strategies that match your goals and daily routine. The choice of methods is collaborative and can shift as needs change during therapy.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to meet when life is busy, to follow up between meetings, and to practice new skills in your real-world setting. The emphasis is on flexibility and making therapy fit into family life and other responsibilities rather than forcing big schedule changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Solution-Focused Therapy

Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She helps with relationship difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, stress, anxiety, addictions, family issues, trauma, grief, parenting, bipolar disorder, depression, coaching, and ADHD, along with related topics like abandonment and caregiver stress.

What is the therapeutic style like?

Her approach is practical and direct, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused ideas to target specific thoughts and behaviors and to set short-term goals for change.

How much experience does she have?

Rhoda has 21 years of professional experience working in counseling and related settings.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She holds the credential Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as MO LPC 2007022389, and practices in Missouri.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Anger management
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 21 years
Licensed: Missouri
Languages: English

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