About Ronda
Ronda Russell is a licensed social worker in New York with 33 years of clinical experience. She uses a straightforward, compassionate approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, mood concerns, and ADHD. She aims to create a calm space where a person can talk and be heard without judgment.
Ronda emphasizes clear, practical work in sessions. She listens first, then helps people set small, achievable goals. Her style draws on Client-Centered methods to follow the person's lead and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns of behavior.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are used to build attention and reduce reactivity, while Motivational Interviewing supports people who want change but feel stuck. Narrative therapy helps clients reframe difficult stories and find new meanings in their lives. She has worked with concerns ranging from grief and trauma to relationship and parenting stress.
Ronda also supports people dealing with sleep problems, career strain, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness-related challenges. Her experience includes helping those coping with major life changes and mood disorders such as bipolar and depression. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Ronda encourages collaboration - she and the client decide what to try and how to measure progress. The focus is on steady, usable steps that lead to clearer thinking and better daily functioning.
Practical approaches for online work
Ronda draws on Client-Centered Therapy to put the person's concerns first and follow their pace, creating space for honest talk. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that change daily routines and moods. Mindfulness exercises are added to strengthen attention and reduce emotional reactivity, which can help with anxiety, sleep, and focus challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ronda collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. She will check in about what feels helpful and adjust the plan so progress stays realistic and measurable.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can serve as brief check-ins or flexible ways to reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain steady care while balancing work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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