Rita Mahon, LICSW
Rhode Island · 18 years in practice
Rita Mahon, LICSW, works with people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship strain.
License and registration
- LICSW, Rhode Island
- ISW02728 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1598079345 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Rita
Rita Mahon, LICSW, works with people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship strain. She speaks plainly and helps clients take small, practical steps toward feeling steadier. Rita encourages individuals to build on their own strengths and to move toward a life that feels more satisfying.
Rita brings 18 years of experience as a licensed independent clinical social worker in Rhode Island. She uses Jungian ideas alongside approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered methods to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on skills that can be used between meetings. In therapy she aims to create a calm, listening space where people can sort through painful events such as trauma, abuse, addiction, or major life changes. She also helps with challenges like low self-esteem, parenting stress, career transitions, and coping with bipolar symptoms.
Her work includes attention to attachment, abandonment, and blended family concerns when those issues are part of someone’s story. Rita values collaboration. She draws out clients' goals and uses practical tools from CBT and DBT when useful.
She also incorporates Jungian perspectives to explore meaning, personal symbols, and deeper patterns that shape feeling and behavior. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Rita works with people addressing a wide range of life challenges and helps them find clearer steps forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Rita lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rita names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that shape online sessions and practical benefits
Rita uses Jungian ideas to help people notice recurring life patterns and personal symbols that affect mood and choices. This work can be helpful for those wanting to understand deeper sources of anxiety, low self-esteem, or recurring relationship themes.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on identifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is often useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. In many sessions she integrates Client-Centered therapy, offering empathic listening and partnership so clients can lead the goals and pace of their work.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Rita will talk with you about your goals and try different methods to see what fits your needs and preferences. Together you can decide when to use skill-based work, reflective Jungian exploration, or a mix of both.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for more in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or fit days with less bandwidth, and chat or texting can keep momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep regular contact while working toward change.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Rita address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Rita combines Jungian perspectives with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered work, CBT, and DBT. She focuses on practical skills and exploring personal meaning.
How much experience does she have?
Rita has 18 years of professional experience as a clinician working with a wide range of concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a LICSW, licensed in Rhode Island, and practices with that credential on file.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions delivered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete the matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
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