Rasheda Long

Rasheda Long is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) who focuses on helping women and others facing stress, anxiety, mood changes, and life transitions. She approaches each person with empathy, straightforward guidance, and a belief that everyone has at least one usable strength. Her manner aims to be practical and supportive for someone feeling overwhelmed. Rasheda draws on five years of clinical work in community and school settings. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to center the client's experience and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Emotionally-Focused ideas guide work around intimacy and attachment, and Motivational Interviewing supports change when people feel stuck. Her background includes roles in schools and community mental health, where she worked with individuals dealing with ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar and other mood disorders, grief, family problems, self-esteem and parenting concerns. She frames herself as a collaborator who listens first and then offers tools clients can test in their daily lives. Sessions tend to be practical, with clear steps to try between meetings. Rasheda encourages clients to notice strengths they may be overlooking and to use those strengths in small, manageable ways. She aims to help people regain steady routines and clearer thinking when life becomes chaotic. People who are navigating life changes, career stress, emotional exhaustion, or issues related to identity and belonging may find her approach a good fit. She works in Alabama and offers services in English.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach keep the client's goals central and let the therapist follow the client's lead to identify what to work on next.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings and actions. In virtual sessions this often means identifying small experiments or behavior changes to try between meetings and reviewing what worked on the next call.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how emotions shape relationships and attachment. When used online it supports clearer conversation about feeling patterns and helps people practice different ways of connecting with others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals and preferences, and then recommend approaches to try. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when a full hour is not possible, and remove travel time from appointments. Talk with the therapist when scheduling to choose times and lengths that match daily life and treatment goals.