About Rutanya
Rutanya Simon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of clinical experience. She practices from Texas and works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. Her style is easy to follow and conversational.
She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through problems and set clear goals. Before moving into independent practice she spent three years working inside the court system.
Background and approach
That work involved helping people navigate recovery while managing legal and life transitions. For the past five years she has focused on helping individuals and parents improve day-to-day family life despite mental health or difficult circumstances. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, parenting stress, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD.
She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment wounds, codependency, and communication struggles. Clients who face substance use, infidelity, or the emotional fallout of divorce often seek her help. Rutanya uses conversational, solution-focused methods and draws on cognitive and mindful techniques.
Sessions focus on identifying behaviors that get in the way and practicing new, healthier habits. She emphasizes collaboration, treating each person as the expert on their own life while offering guidance and accountability. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients.
Her listed credentials include RI LICSW ISW04100 and TX LCSW 110209. People who want to start can follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Rutanya commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people clarify their own goals; it is useful when someone needs a steady, supportive space to sort feelings and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made so the approach stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation when deeper discussion is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat or text sessions work well for brief check-ins, short coaching-style prompts, or when flexibility is needed during a busy day.
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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