- Community-based care
- Recovery-informed
- Practical tools
About Rodney
Rodney Black is a licensed clinical social worker with over 31 years of professional experience. He practices in Iowa and brings a long history of community-based work to his sessions. Rodney draws on personal experience with addiction, family mental illness, and recovery to relate to people facing hard changes.
He spent much of his career in community settings because he wanted to give back to those who supported him and his family. He served in the US military, including a deployment to Afghanistan, and has lived in several states. Personal life events, such as parenting a grown gay son and working through his own recovery, shape how he approaches therapy.
Rodney sees therapy as a collaborative process. He emphasizes listening and creating a space where a person’s truth can emerge through conversation. He uses practical techniques alongside open conversation to help people make changes that matter to them.
Common concerns he helps people with include addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, coping with life changes, career questions, and self esteem. He also addresses issues such as codependency, family of origin problems, gender dysphoria, guilt and shame, and loneliness.
His clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Rodney aims to tailor methods to each person’s goals and pace, drawing on decades of work in community mental health.
He spent much of his career in community settings because he wanted to give back to those who supported him and his family. He served in the US military, including a deployment to Afghanistan, and has lived in several states. Personal life events, such as parenting a grown gay son and working through his own recovery, shape how he approaches therapy.
Rodney sees therapy as a collaborative process. He emphasizes listening and creating a space where a person’s truth can emerge through conversation. He uses practical techniques alongside open conversation to help people make changes that matter to them.
Common concerns he helps people with include addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, coping with life changes, career questions, and self esteem. He also addresses issues such as codependency, family of origin problems, gender dysphoria, guilt and shame, and loneliness.
His clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Rodney aims to tailor methods to each person’s goals and pace, drawing on decades of work in community mental health.