- Trauma and abuse
- Grief and loss
- Life purpose coaching
About Rita
Rita Kenney is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Arkansas and Missouri with 20 years of experience. She helps people recover from trauma and abuse, work through grief, and rebuild self-esteem and life purpose after major changes.
Rita draws on a lifetime of cross-cultural experience, having grown up in the Panama Canal Zone and worked in international settings. That background informs how she considers family, culture, and relationship patterns when talking with clients. She also has experience in male-dominated workplaces and small business ownership, which shapes her understanding of career and workplace stressors.
Her work often focuses on attachment and abandonment wounds, caregiver stress, and the emotional fallout of guilt and shame. She addresses anger and communication problems directly, offering practical ways to improve interactions and manage strong feelings. Rita also supports people who want coaching-style guidance around life purpose and direction.
Rita welcomes clients from different faith traditions and those who prefer a Christian perspective, as well as people who do not identify with any religion. She emphasizes respect for each person’s beliefs and the life circumstances that affect them.
In sessions she listens for the patterns that link past experiences to current struggles. She helps people identify small, concrete steps they can try between meetings. Her aim is to help people find clearer direction after loss, job change, or other life transitions.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Rita uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on how past relationships shape present behavior. One common approach she relies on helps people recognize attachment patterns and how early relationships influence trust, closeness, and reactions to loss. This can be helpful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, and relationship strain.She also uses practical methods to address trauma and post-traumatic stress by identifying triggers, teaching grounding practices, and building skills to manage overwhelming emotions. These methods aim to reduce distressing symptoms and increase the ability to handle difficult memories and reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work she does with each person. She discusses goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before making a plan. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as needed to match the client’s needs.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can often adjust session length and scheduling to fit work, caregiving, or health constraints, helping people keep therapy practical alongside daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Arkansas, Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and self-esteem, with additional attention to attachment, caregiver stress, and life purpose.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is direct and practical; she looks for patterns from a person's history and suggests concrete steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have working with these issues?
She has 20 years of experience supporting people through trauma, loss, workplace stress, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor with licensure in Missouri (MO LPC) and Arkansas (AR LPC), and she practices in Arkansas.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats does she offer?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.