- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- CBT and DBT skills
- Client-centered work
About Rowna
Rowna Showghi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 19 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, depression, addictions, and related struggles. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, career issues, self-esteem, parenting stress, and challenges tied to adoption or abandonment.
Her background includes child welfare, psychiatric research, crisis intervention and counseling, inpatient and outpatient therapy, work with active duty military, and hospice support. This range of settings informs how she notices connections between different parts of life. For example, she pays attention to how physical pain and anxiety can worsen each other and affect daily functioning.
In sessions she uses client-centered ideas alongside cognitive and behavioral techniques. She brings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and motivational interviewing into practical work. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, testing small changes, and building routines that make daily life more manageable.
She describes her work as a mix of psychotherapy and coaching. That means conversations can include emotional processing and also concrete steps to try between meetings. Clients often leave with specific skills for coping, communication, and managing strong emotions.
Rowna offers telehealth services and accepts international clients. She helps people who want to understand how family of origin patterns and past experiences still shape their choices and relationships today.
How Rowna uses therapy approaches in telehealth
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small actions toward those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try out techniques, and adjust what they do based on what helps. That means some weeks may emphasize skills practice, while others focus on understanding family patterns or coaching around everyday challenges.
The biography notes telehealth services, so confirm the current session formats before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people practice skills in the settings where their daily problems occur. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT and DBT exercises to work in remote sessions so clients can build routines and test strategies between meetings.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, depression, addictions, ADHD, parenting concerns, and related struggles listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style blends client-centered therapy with practical methods from CBT, DBT, ACT and mindfulness. Sessions mix emotional reflection with skill practice and coaching.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience working across child welfare, psychiatric research, crisis counseling, inpatient and outpatient care, active duty military settings, and hospice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats does she provide?
The original biography notes telehealth services. Confirm current session options before booking to be certain of the formats offered.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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