About Rodney
Rodney Black brings three decades of social work experience to his practice in Iowa. He holds LCSW and LISW credentials and has spent much of his career in community-based settings. Rodney speaks plainly about recovery and growth, shaped by his own life story and long professional work with people facing addiction and trauma.
He grew up in the Midwest, served in the U.S. military with a deployment to Afghanistan, and has lived in several states.
How Rodney works
Personal experience with a parent who had serious mental illness, his own recovery from addiction, and parenting a gay son influence his perspective. These experiences give him practical insight into shame, codependency, and questions about identity. Rodney helps people navigate addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and major life changes.
He also supports those dealing with low self-esteem, career transitions, and issues related to aging and fatherhood. Additional focus areas include drug and alcohol addiction, personality concerns, and veteran and armed forces issues. His style is direct and human.
He values being heard and prefers a collaborative, down-to-earth approach. Sessions aim to be a conversation where a person’s truth can surface and be worked through step by step. Rodney draws from practical therapies such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
He looks to match methods to each person’s needs rather than using one fixed method.
Rodney lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Rodney works with
The areas below are the ones Rodney selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Using practical therapy approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for people struggling with addiction, shame, or major life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns. This approach is often used for problems like anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, and coping with stress.
Rodney treats therapy as a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then tailor approaches to fit their needs. Figuring out the right mix of tools is part of the work together rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions work well when a quieter connection or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or an option when typing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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