About Rodney
Rodney Carson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience. He focuses on concerns such as anxiety, depression, addiction, ADHD, trauma, grief, and stress. Rodney writes simply and directly with people who are struggling and looking for practical ways forward.
He draws on his long recovery journey to connect with people facing substance use and motivation challenges. That lived experience shapes how he listens and how he helps clients set realistic steps toward change.
Background and approach
He believes steady progress matters more than quick fixes. In sessions he uses Client-Centered techniques to follow each person's priorities. He also brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Mindfulness practices and solution-focused planning are used when they fit the client's goals. Rodney has spent much of his recent career as an outpatient drug and alcohol and mental health therapist in community settings. He has helped people manage panic, anger, low self-esteem, relationship strain, eating and sleeping problems, and life transitions.
He also works with concerns around career, purpose, and isolation. Outside of clinical work he co-created a therapeutic medication game and program that has been used in outpatient facilities, hospitals, nursing schools, and prisons. He also serves in his place of worship and teaches an adult class, and he is on a path toward ordination as a deacon.
Rodney aims to meet people where they are and support steady, achievable change.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Rodney often blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening carefully to each person's priorities and responding without judgment, which helps people feel heard and build trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and gives concrete steps to change patterns that cause distress, useful for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan over time based on what is most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is needed. Messaging and live chat suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or caregiver schedules while keeping consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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