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Rhonda Palmer, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Coping with life changes
Video Phone Messaging

About me

Welcome. I’m Rhonda Palmer, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 17 years of experience in the field of social work, licensed in Missouri, Texas, and Arizona. I support clients navigating anxiety, relationship dynamics, self-esteem, neurodivergent experiences (including autism and ADHD), and more. As a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional and Autism Spectrum Clinical Specialist, I care deeply about walking with people as they build resilience, release old patterns, and reconnect with their most authentic selves. I believe healing happens in connection but it also requires presence, honesty, and a willingness to grow through the hard stuff, not just around it.

My approach is collaborative, respectful, and real. Therapy with me isn’t about being “good” or getting it “right.” It’s about showing up as you are, messy, imperfect, honest, and ready to build something that’s real, grounded, and sustainable for you. There’s no need to meet anyone’s expectations or fit into a mold. Instead, we work together to create a space that feels safe, where you can explore your truth and grow at your own pace. I work best with clients who are open to reflection, accountability, and meaningful change. If you’ve ever felt like you had to hide parts of yourself to feel safe or accepted, I want you to know that therapy can be different. This space is for people who are ready to engage in the work of healing honestly and with curiosity, not for performance or perfection.

I welcome people who may have masked their truth, questioned their worth, or felt out of place in systems not built for them. I don’t view autism or ADHD as flaws to be fixed but as valid, valuable, and deeply human ways of experiencing the world. In our work together, I’ll meet you with care and curiosity while also supporting the kind of change that doesn’t come from quick fixes. I draw from evidence based practices like CBT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Solution Focused Therapy. I’m also training in Brainspotting, a powerful body based approach for emotional healing especially when words don’t quite reach it.

As a licensed therapist with personal lived experience of ADHD, PTSD, and GAD, I bring empathy and understanding alongside professional expertise to support your healing journey. I offer a space rooted in mutual respect, emotional safety, and the belief that you already hold the wisdom you need, and that we’re just finding it together.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Albert Einstein

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela

If you’re ready for this kind of work, I welcome you.

Professional experience

7 yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Family conflicts, Parenting issues, ADHD, Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Codependency, Communication problems, Drug and alcohol addiction, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Intellectual disability, Life purpose, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Internal Family Systems

Services offered

Video
Phone
Messaging

License information

AZ LCSW LCSW-22203

MO LCSW 2017040186

TX LCSW 112447

Reviews

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She’s a very good listener

Written on Jul 10, 2025 after therapy with Rhonda for 3 years on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and career difficulties

Rhonda is an amazing therapist!! She is one of the kindest people I have ever met. She is so thoughtful, patient, and really asks you questions to understand how to help you best. I have a complex set of issues and she's been able to help me bridge the gap of treating them simultaneously, which I haven't had a therapist do before. I've been in therapy since I was six and have been to at least 20 different practitioners over the years. I feel more comfortable talking with her than I have with any other therapist. Would highly highly recommend.

Written on Jul 10, 2025 after therapy with Rhonda for 5 months on issues concerning family conflicts, eating disorders, and coping with life changes

Very thoughtful and really listens to what I have to say. I’m still new to having therapy with Rhonda but so far she has been very professional and helping me work through some of my concerns.

Written on Jul 01, 2025 after therapy with Rhonda for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem

Rhonda has been very helpful in my life

Written on Apr 25, 2025 after therapy with Rhonda for 1 year on issues concerning stress, anxiety

In the few sessions I have with Rhonda, I've felt more seen and heard then ever before. She is an amazing therapist and anyone lucky enough to be under her care will become a better version of themselves

Written on Apr 04, 2025 after therapy with Rhonda for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd

Rhonda was awesome, very easy to talk to. Definitely tried to give any tools she saw fit to help me.

Written on Mar 28, 2025 after therapy with Rhonda for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, and adhd