About Rhonda
Rhonda Padgett helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She writes in plain, direct terms and focuses on practical skills people can use right away. Rhonda is a Licensed Professional Counselor, or LPC, based in Idaho with 18 years of experience.
She listens first and works alongside people to notice strengths and patterns that get in the way. Sessions often include learning coping skills for intense feelings, and practicing ways to communicate more clearly.
Background and approach
Rhonda uses straightforward tools to help reduce overwhelm and build daily routines that feel possible. Her background includes long-term clinical experience supporting people after trauma and loss. She helps clients name painful feelings such as shame, guilt, or abandonment and then develop steps to move forward.
The work can include setting boundaries, managing impulses, and rebuilding trust in relationships. Rhonda draws on a mix of approaches that fit different needs. She may focus on thoughts and behaviors in one session, and on internal parts or emotional regulation in another.
The goal is to create small, steady changes that add up over time. People who choose her often want practical tools and an empathetic listener. Rhonda aims to meet each person where they are, teach useful skills, and support steady progress toward clearer goals.
How Rhonda’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Rhonda often combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy depending on what a person needs. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience so they feel heard and respected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rhonda will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can shift as progress is made or needs change.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter exchange fits into a busy day.
These options aim to make regular contact easier and to help people practice skills between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques like CBT to each format so the work stays focused and goal oriented.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English