About Rashida
Rashida Gordon is a licensed clinical social worker with five years of practice in New York. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma, abuse, and parenting challenges. She aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
Rashida shapes conversations and plans to each person’s needs. She listens for patterns that cause strain, and helps clients try new ways of handling everyday pressure.
Background and approach
Her work pays attention to feelings like guilt, shame, abandonment, and attachment concerns so these issues can be named and addressed. Practical problems such as communication breakdowns, caregiving stress, blended family tensions, and end-of-life concerns are also part of her focus. She helps people sort through control and dependency issues, and supports those coping with aging and hospice-related decisions.
Rashida also offers help around personality-related struggles such as avoidant or dependent patterns. Sessions are designed to fit each person’s goals and pace. Rashida uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts her approach as progress unfolds.
She emphasizes clear goals and small, achievable steps so change feels manageable. People can expect an empathetic, down-to-earth style. Rashida describes taking the first step as courageous and she works alongside clients as they move toward a more balanced and satisfying life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on understanding thoughts and feelings and on practicing different ways of responding. Cognitive-style approaches help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments to test new reactions; these can be useful for anxiety, depression, and worry. Skills-based approaches teach practical coping strategies such as breathing, grounding, and communication exercises to manage stress and relationship strain.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, what has helped or not helped before, and day-to-day constraints. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or new issues come up.
Online formats make this process flexible. Video calls approximate an in-person conversation and work well for deeper discussions. Phone sessions can fit a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, written coaching, or reminders between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English