About Rosa
Rosa Howard-Poston helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship or family challenges. She is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. Rosa works with concerns like grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar, parenting strain, career transitions, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Her sessions are down-to-earth and interactive. She listens first and then helps people set clear, reachable goals. Rosa uses practical techniques so clients can try new ways of coping between sessions.
How Rosa works
Rosa blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices. She also draws on emotionally-focused ideas and motivational interviewing to help people move through stuck places. The focus is on what helps someone make steady progress toward daily changes.
Rosa has worked in community and clinical settings for many years. That background informs how she supports people from different walks of life and with varied challenges. She speaks English and Spanish, which can help bilingual clients feel more comfortable.
Getting started is straightforward: complete an initial matching questionnaire and schedule a session. Rosa structures work around each person’s goals and pace, offering options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Payments use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Rosa lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Rosa works with
The areas below are the ones Rosa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Rosa uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, listening-first space where people can talk through concerns and set their own goals. This approach helps with self-esteem, life transitions, and finding motivation to try new habits.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and behavior patterns related to addiction or anger by teaching concrete strategies to change thinking and routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Rosa works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs and preferences. She will discuss goals and try techniques together, adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online care offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let therapists see nonverbal cues and hold longer sessions. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit into busy schedules and provide ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on stress, coping skills, and recovery without major disruptions to daily life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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