About Aaliyah
Aaliyah Rodgers is a Kentucky-based licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who offers a steady, practical approach to common struggles. She focuses on anxiety, stress, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and concerns tied to sexuality and identity. Aaliyah aims to make therapy feel straightforward and human.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit each person's needs. Her work centers on listening first, then building a plan together. She uses client-centered methods and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns and try different behavior changes.
Background and approach
For trauma-related concerns she integrates trauma-focused tools, including EMDR, when appropriate to the person's goals. Aaliyah brings six years of clinical experience in community and outpatient settings across Kentucky. That background includes supporting people through major life changes, managing panic and mood difficulties, and addressing dissociation and caregiver stress.
She also offers support around communication problems and forgiveness work. She is mindful of identity and neurodiversity, and she intentionally creates space for LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent people to be heard. Her style mixes warmth and directness, and she invites practical steps alongside emotional work.
People leave sessions with small, doable actions as well as new ways to understand their experiences. Therapy with Aaliyah is framed as a partnership. She helps set goals, tracks progress, and adjusts plans when something isn’t working.
The emphasis is on steady movement, not on quick fixes or one-size-fits-all solutions.
How Aaliyah Uses Practical Approaches Online
Client-centered work focuses on the person's own goals and pace. In sessions this looks like listening first, then deciding together what to try next so the work feels useful and manageable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thinking and test new behavior steps; it’s often used for anxiety, panic, and mood challenges. EMDR is a trauma-focused tool that some people use to process distressing memories; when it fits a person’s goals it can be integrated into the plan.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss different methods, try things out, and adjust based on what helps most. Goals, preferences, and how someone responds guide which techniques are used, so the plan evolves with the person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option that avoids the camera and uses less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins, short skill practice, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to keep continuity when travel or work demands change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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