- Direct and approachable
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Goal focused tools
About Rosa
Rosa Howard-Poston is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and money and financial issues among other concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and brings 25 years of experience to conversations about career changes, parenting strain, relationship difficulties, and challenges like ADHD and bipolar mood concerns. Her style is direct and approachable and aimed at practical change.
Rosa uses straightforward techniques so people leave sessions with tools they can try. She focuses on what you want to change and works at your pace. Sessions center on clear goals and concrete steps rather than long theory talks.
Her approach draws from client-centered ideas that prioritize the person's perspective and from cognitive behavioral methods that look at thoughts, feelings, and actions. She also uses mindfulness to build awareness and emotionally-focused work to address difficult relationship patterns. Motivational interviewing helps when people want to make lasting behavior changes.
Rosa’s background includes licensed practice in New York and North Carolina as an LMHC and LCMHC. Over her career she has supported people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy struggles, sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue, among other issues.
In sessions she guides, coaches, and offers practical tools for everyday life. If someone wants help sorting out finances, coping with life changes, or rebuilding self-esteem, she encourages concrete steps and steady progress.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening to the person's experience and following their goals. Online sessions using this approach focus on making space for your story and shaping sessions around what matters to you. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact; online CBT often uses practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful patterns and can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) helps people notice and change patterns in close relationships by naming emotions and practicing new ways of responding.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with you about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together you decide which methods to try and adjust them as you go, so the work fits your needs.
Confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit into busy days. It can allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, avoid travel time, and make it simpler to keep regular appointments while balancing work or family demands.
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Rosa commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and money and financial issues, plus relationship and parenting challenges and trauma-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is down-to-earth and interactive, focusing on practical tools, clear goals, and steps you can try between sessions.
How long has she practiced as a therapist?
She brings 25 years of experience in mental health and human services, including work with diverse communities and a wide range of concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where does she practice?
She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina, with licensure also in New York noted in her background.
In which languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.