About Anthony
Anthony Vario is a licensed clinical social worker who practices with warmth and directness. He holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and brings six years of clinical experience to his work. He aims to help people feel understood and accepted while they make meaningful changes in their lives.
Anthony uses an open, reflective style that blends practical tools with thoughtful conversation. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, naming difficult feelings, and trying small changes that fit into daily life.
How Anthony works
He often combines mindfulness and values-based strategies with practical behavior changes to help people move forward. People come to Anthony for stress, anxiety, grief, career transitions, and self-esteem struggles. He also supports those dealing with intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Additional focus areas include abandonment, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and challenges tied to alternative sexual cultures and HIV/AIDS. In the room he aims to be curious rather than directive. He listens for what matters to each person and then works with them to set clear goals.
Therapy is collaborative: Anthony and the person in therapy decide together what tools to try and how to adapt them. Anthony practices in Rhode Island and conducts sessions in English. He offers formats that fit different schedules and needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for both of them.
Anthony lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Anthony works with
The areas below are the ones Anthony selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Rhode Island |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Anthony draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values, learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and taking small actions toward what matters. It can help with anxiety, grief, and decisions tied to meaning and identity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which often helps with stress, low mood, and worry.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist and client talk about goals, try tools, and adjust the plan based on what fits the client’s life and preferences. That collaborative trial-and-error helps match techniques to real-world needs rather than assuming one method will always work.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual feedback. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make shorter check-ins and paced reflection more convenient. These options let people fit therapy into busy days and keep work going between sessions.
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