About Cassandra
Cassandra Rhodes is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical steps people can use to feel less overwhelmed by worry, stress, and everyday struggles. Cassandra aims to make sessions straightforward and calm so a parent or busy adult can talk about what matters most.
She uses cognitive behavioral therapy, explaining how thoughts shape feelings and behavior. Sessions look at how unhelpful thinking keeps problems stuck and build new, manageable ways of responding.
Background and approach
Cassandra frames work around each person's day-to-day life, with doable tools to try between meetings. Cassandra also brings trauma-informed awareness to conversations about past hurt. She recognizes that trauma can take many forms and treats concerns seriously whether they feel large or small.
This background guides pacing, so people move forward at a comfortable speed. Her experience covers stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She focuses on helping people reduce distress and regain a sense of control.
Cassandra earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in community counseling from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She holds the LPC credential and has practiced in Pennsylvania for many years. She works in English and offers several online session formats to fit busy schedules.
Practical CBT and Trauma-Informed Care Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different reactions. It uses simple tools and short exercises to reduce worry, manage mood, and change behaviors that keep problems going.Trauma-informed care means conversations are paced and framed with awareness of past hurt. The focus is on safety and on building coping skills before moving into deeper work, which can help with anxiety, stress, and recovery from abusive experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cassandra will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That collaboration includes checking in about what feels useful and adjusting strategies over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you use visual cues and more personal interaction. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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