Rita Nzuwah , MD, LCSW-C

Rita Nzuwah, MD, LCSW-C (MD indicates Doctor of Medicine and LCSW-C indicates a licensed clinical social worker), brings a compassionate, strengths-based approach to supporting individuals, couples, and families as they face relationship difficulties, grief, caregiving strain, career transitions, and other life changes. As an African-American, faith-based clinician, she welcomes clients who wish to incorporate spiritual perspectives into therapy and often works with minority men, women, couples, and families to navigate challenges tied to identity, family dynamics, and life transitions.

She believes that each person is the expert on their own life and that therapy is a collaborative process that builds on existing strengths and resources. Rita uses comprehensive bio-psychosocial-spiritual assessments to understand the full context of a client’s concerns and tailors guidance to foster practical problem solving and increased confidence. Over six years of clinical practice have shaped her focus on relationship and family issues, grief, stress and anxiety, parenting and intimacy-related concerns, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem work.

Rita meets clients where they are and integrates faith-based principles when requested and meaningful to the client. Due to limits on availability, she is able to provide ongoing phone sessions only.

Solution-Focused Care and Remote Support

Solution-Focused Therapy helps clients identify practical, achievable steps toward the changes they want to see. It emphasizes building on existing strengths, setting clear goals, and experimenting with small adjustments that create measurable progress; this approach is well suited for relationship concerns, stress, and life transitions where clients want targeted, goal-oriented work.

Rita frames therapy as a collaborative process and will work with each person to determine whether a solution-focused approach fits their needs and goals. She listens for what matters most to the client and adapts strategies so that the plan reflects the client’s preferences, values, and life circumstances.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds flexibility for clients balancing work, caregiving, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try timely skill practice between sessions, and access support in ways that fit individual routines while working with licensed professionals and therapists.