Rutanya Simon
Compassionate, practical therapy for families and life changes
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma, Texas, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Rutanya
Rutanya Simon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of clinical experience. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from Texas. Her work centers on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles.
She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through immediate problems and set goals for change. Before focusing on family work, she spent time supporting individuals involved with the court system.
Background and approach
That period shaped her practical approach to recovery and life transitions. In recent years she has worked primarily with families to improve daily functioning and overall quality of life. Her style is conversational and solution-focused.
Sessions tend to look at behaviors that get in the way of what a person wants and try small, manageable steps that promote healthier routines. She encourages clients to name their goals and treats them as the expert on their own lives. Rutanya uses a mix of approaches depending on the situation.
She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and build trust, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and actions, and Motivational Interviewing to support readiness for change. She also integrates mindfulness and narrative techniques when those tools fit. People who want clear, practical steps and steady support usually find her pace helpful.
She focuses on making change doable, not overwhelming, and helps clients track progress toward the goals they choose.
Therapeutic approaches for online family and life work
Rutanya often combines Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support people in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening carefully and building a respectful relationship so clients feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and teaches practical steps to change them.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy when helpful, teaching simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. These approaches suit issues like anxiety, mood concerns, addiction, and everyday family conflict because they are practical and structured.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family lives and to keep momentum between in-person appointments. Licensed professionals can use these tools to maintain regular contact, practice new skills, and track progress while tailoring sessions to each person’s schedule and comfort.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
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