Rhonda Osei-Bonsu

Rhonda Osei-Bonsu welcomes those who are exploring the possibilities that counseling can offer and recognizes that life brings both joys and setbacks. She affirms that many concerns can be managed personally or with support from family, friends, churches, schools, or community resources, while other situations benefit from the help of trained professionals. Rhonda believes that people possess the inner strength to improve their lives when they receive guidance and support.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas (TX LPC 74892), Rhonda views her work as both a calling and a duty to help others regain the tools needed to function independently. She understands behavior, emotions, and thoughts as connected and shaped largely by how people perceive themselves, others, and the world around them. Her approach is holistic, taking into account relationships, social and cultural factors, physical well-being, and faith. Rhonda’s own faith is a foundation for her life and her work, and she invites clients to explore spirituality as part of the counseling process when appropriate.

Therapeutic methods are tailored to each individual, with a clinical foundation in cognitive-behavioral therapy supplemented by homework assignments, group work, suggested readings, activities, and strategies to broaden a client’s support network. Rhonda works with a wide range of issues and uses a standard intake assessment to explore each person’s unique situation; she will make a referral when both she and the client agree it is in the client’s best interest.

Rhonda earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Regent University and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. She also holds a Mental Health/Substance Abuse Prevention Certificate from Eastfield College in Dallas, Texas. Her most extensive field experience includes pastoral counseling, school-based work, and suicide prevention. Her clinical focus includes trauma, depression, anxiety, life purpose, identity, and spirituality, and she has provided counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups across diverse ages, genders, races, ethnicities, income levels, and religious beliefs. She does not refuse services on the basis of these characteristics.

Appointments are arranged directly between client and counselor and are typically scheduled for forty-five minutes, though they may vary as needed. Clients are asked to respect scheduled appointments and to provide more than twenty-four hours notice for cancellations. Rhonda places a high value on the information shared in therapy and will carefully protect what clients provide; she will not share information without written consent except as required by law.