I am licensed in Rhode Island with 17 years of professional work experience. I am certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, & coping with grief and loss. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Coping with addictions, LGBTQ+ related issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Motivation, self esteem, and confidence, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Executive and professional coaching, Compassion fatigue, Concentration, memory and focus (ADHD), Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
RI LICSW ISW02728
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She is the best! Listens, provides support always and resources as needed. Highly recommend
Written on Aug 12, 2026 after therapy with Rita for 3 years and 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
Rita has helped me over some hurdles in my career, specifically imposter syndrome. Years later I’m running my own business in the same field I thought I was an imposter in. I highly recommend choosing her.
Written on Aug 04, 2026 after therapy with Rita for 4 years on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
Rita is knowledgeable, reliable, and brings creative solutions to problems by helping me work through them and analyzing what may have caused the issue as well as working on the present.
Written on Jul 16, 2026 after therapy with Rita for 2 years and 9 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd
Rita is quite thorough and makes certain you hear what is necessary, not always what you want to hear.....but truth
Written on Feb 13, 2026 after therapy with Rita for 2 years and 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, sleeping disorders, and coping with life changes
Rita is amazing
Written on Feb 27, 2025 after therapy with Rita for 1 year and 8 months on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Rita is very insightful and I gained alot of knowledge in a small amount of time.
Written on Oct 09, 2023 after therapy with Rita for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, and adhd