Rowna Showghi

Rowna Showghi, LCSW, focuses on helping people who are coping with grief, stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She works with individuals facing depression, addictions, trauma, and caregiving strain. Her style aims to help people feel more empowered and able to make practical changes in daily life.

She brings nearly two decades of experience in mental health settings. That background includes child welfare, psychiatric research, crisis counseling, work with active duty military, inpatient and outpatient therapy, and hospice. Those roles inform a practical approach to complicated problems.

In sessions she uses short, clear conversations to uncover what matters most to the client. She draws on client-centered work to follow the person's goals and on solution-focused ideas to find small, doable steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are used to shift unhelpful thoughts and build values-based actions.

Mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are offered to help with emotional regulation, stress, and overwhelming moments. She often links emotional patterns to life circumstances like pain, caregiving burden, or relationship strain so clients can see what to change. The aim is steady, practical progress rather than quick fixes.

Rowna emphasizes collaboration and coaching alongside psychotherapy. She encourages learning about personal patterns and practicing routines that support better sleep, clearer communication, and more energy for day-to-day life. Her goal is to help people find what works and put it into practice.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It can help with grief, anxiety, and life changes by shifting attention toward what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches clear skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Together they adjust techniques and pacing based on how the client responds, so treatment fits the person's needs and day-to-day life.

Please confirm current session options before booking because specific formats are not listed in the profile. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes ongoing support possible for people who live far from a clinician. Licensed professionals adapt activities such as brief skill practice, mindfulness exercises, and values-based planning to work well in remote sessions.