Rhonda Pupella
Compassionate guidance for meaningful change
LCSW Texas
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Rhonda
Rhonda Pupella is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas who brings 15 years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family challenges, parenting concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Her work often centers on supporting clients who are trying to make lasting changes in their lives but feel stuck or uncertain about how to proceed. Rhonda’s counseling style emphasizes education, respect, and kindness; she begins by meeting clients where they are emotionally and then helps them build practical coping skills.
She draws from client-centered methods to create a supportive, affirming environment while using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop alternative strategies. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy also inform her work, helping clients find motivation and realistic steps toward their goals.
Clients who seek guidance with caregiver stress, codependency, family of origin issues, narcissistic dynamics, or women’s concerns will find a clinician who values collaboration and empowerment. She encourages courageous steps toward change and aims to equip people with tools they can use beyond the therapy sessions.
CBT and Collaborative Care Online
Rhonda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns into more balanced, workable perspectives; CBT can be effective for issues like anxiety, depression, and stress where changing thought-behavior cycles is useful. She also works from a Client-Centered Therapy stance, offering empathetic listening and validation so clients feel understood and can explore personal goals at their own pace. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to strengthen a client's internal drive for change and clarify achievable next steps.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Rhonda engages clients in collaborative decision making about which methods to try. She tailors interventions to individual needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress and circumstances evolve to maintain a practical, client-focused plan.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which allows for flexibility in scheduling and formats that fit different lifestyles. This variety helps people access consistent support even when in-person visits are impractical, and it enables ongoing skill-building and check-ins across different communication styles.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English