My name is Rahmona Reyes, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Bakersfield, California, and working with clients statewide via telehealth. I work with adults and have spent the past 10 years working with and helping individuals with Mental Health disorders using a variety of approaches, including Cognitive behavioural therapy, Dialectical behavioural therapy, solution-focused, and Psychodynamic therapy, among others, to help my clients make progress and start feeling better. My favourite leisure time activities are camping, hiking, yoga, and gardening.

My approach is to utilize positive psychology, along with strength-based coping skills that enhance the client’s ability to manage their symptoms, life events, and improve their overall quality of life. I like to utilize eclectic or multi-modality approaches as I find them to be most comprehensive and appropriate for meeting clients’ different needs based on the symptoms and stage in therapy. My most commonly used approaches are Solution-Focused, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy. My focus has been on working with individuals with a variety of mental health disorders at different levels of severity. My clients’ ideal or most common diagnoses are depression and anxiety, along with other contributing factors.

Being in the mental health field for the past 10 years, I have worked with diverse underserved populations such as those living in rural areas, poverty, cultural sensitivity, suicidality, trauma, and those suffering from emotional and verbal abuse, among others. My ideal clients are those who may experience mood symptoms, challenges with the relationship with “self”, including intimate, peer, and/or familial relationships. My communication style. My overall communication is welcoming, open, and relaxed. I try to apply a client-centred approach, allowing the individual to feel at ease and as if in a casual conversation while applying the different evidence-based therapies.