About Rutanya
Rutanya Simon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience. She practices in Texas and works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, and major life changes. Her style is conversational and nonjudgmental.
She aims to help clients build practical habits and reach goals they choose. Simon spent time working in the court system early in her career. That work involved supporting people through recovery and legal stressors.
Background and approach
More recently she has focused on helping families and individuals navigate difficult circumstances and daily challenges. Her approach centers on clear, goal-oriented work. She uses client-centered techniques that treat the person as the expert in their life.
Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to identify behaviors that get in the way and replace them with more helpful choices. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are tools she draws on to support change. Narrative therapy also helps people reframe stories that hold them back.
Sessions focus on small steps clients can try between meetings to build momentum. Clients can expect a practical, down-to-earth process. The tone is supportive while keeping attention on measurable progress.
Rutanya helps people prioritize what matters and creates doable plans to move forward.
How Rutanya’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins with listening and building a plan around your priorities. It focuses on your goals and supports you as the expert in your life, helping shape steps you feel able to try. Cognitive behavioral therapy examines unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with practical strategies. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and behavior change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try techniques together with the client to see what fits. That collaborative process guides whether more CBT tools, mindfulness moments, or motivational techniques are emphasized over time.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls let you use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick updates, brief problem-solving, or when written reflection helps keep momentum. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Texas, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
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