Rita Mahon, LICSW
Rhode Island · 18 years in practice
Rita Mahon, LICSW, works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and related challenges.
License and registration
- LICSW, Rhode Island
- ISW02728 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1598079345 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Rita
Rita Mahon, LICSW, works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and related challenges. She emphasizes a practical, steady approach that helps people take small steps toward feeling better. Rita speaks plainly and focuses on what can change in day-to-day life.
Rita brings 18 years of experience as a licensed independent clinical social worker in Rhode Island. She treats depression, addictions, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and issues around self-esteem and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps people manage parenting stress, caregiving burdens, and life transitions. Her sessions mix practical skills and reflective conversation. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new habits.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and set manageable goals. Rita practices client-centered care that keeps the person’s priorities in focus. She encourages people to notice strengths that already exist and to build on them.
The work is collaborative and paced to match each person’s comfort level. For those affected by trauma and abuse, Rita integrates methods appropriate for processing difficult memories and reducing their daily impact. She aims to help people regain a sense of control and make choices that support recovery.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- 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
Approaches Rita names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Rita integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a straightforward way. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice patterns of thought that cause stress and then try different, concrete responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions that reflect those values. Both approaches are useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.She approaches treatment collaboratively and will work with each person to find the best mix of methods. That process begins with a conversation about goals, current struggles, and what feels manageable. Together the therapist and client check progress and adjust strategies over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is helpful for in-depth work and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support brief updates, coaching-style prompts, or quick coping tools between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules and varying routines.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Rita typically help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and caregiving stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, mixing skill-building with reflective conversation. Sessions focus on small, actionable steps and on using a person’s strengths.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Rita has 18 years of professional experience as a clinician working with a wide range of mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a LICSW credential and is licensed in Rhode Island.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available online?
Rita offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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