About Rashida
Rashida Gordon is a New York licensed clinical social worker with five years of experience in behavioral health. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and challenges related to parenting. Her approach centers on respectful, compassionate conversation that meets people where they are.
Rashida keeps sessions practical and straightforward. She listens first to understand the situation and what matters most to each person. From there she tailors conversations and plans to fit real-life needs rather than one-size-fits-all formulas.
Background and approach
Her background includes helping people cope with strong emotions like guilt, shame, and abandonment. She also addresses family-of-origin issues, communication problems, and caregiving stress. That range allows her to connect concerns about the past with patterns that show up today.
Rashida works with adults on matters tied to relationships, blended family dynamics, and decisions around aging or hospice and end-of-life concerns. She also has experience with personality-related patterns such as dependent, avoidant, and antisocial traits and how those influence daily life. Sessions aim to build clearer thinking and steadier routines.
People leave with practical next steps they can try between meetings. Rashida emphasizes small changes that add up, using dialogue and problem-solving to reduce overwhelm and increase a sense of control.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Many evidence-based techniques focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building steady routines. One common method helps people notice anxious or negative thinking, test those thoughts against facts, and try alternative ways of thinking that reduce worry. This is useful for generalized anxiety, stress, and many everyday worries.Another approach centers on managing strong emotions that come from past hurt or trauma. It teaches grounding skills, breathing and body awareness, and gradual steps to face difficult memories or situations without becoming overwhelmed. That work is helpful for trauma, abuse, and relationship-related pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try out methods that fit your style, and adjust based on what helps you make steady progress. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed plan.
Online therapy lets people connect in different ways that fit their life. Video calls are close to in-person sessions and good for face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, and flexible timing between sessions. All these options aim to make it easier to get consistent support without extra travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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