Rita Dellatore, LCSW

Rita Dellatore is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 27 years of experience. She has worked in multiple settings and focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, and family concerns including blended family issues. Rita works with adults who want practical strategies and clearer next steps in their daily lives.

She favors straightforward collaboration. Sessions focus on building self-esteem, strengthening coping skills, and improving communication. Rita looks for people who are motivated to make changes and who are ready to try new ways of handling old problems.

Her background includes long experience with trauma, social struggles, and mood concerns. She combines methods that encourage noticing thoughts and feelings, learning new behavior patterns, and identifying personal values that guide decision making. The work is paced to what each person can manage.

Rita also helps people dealing with relationship shifts such as divorce, separation, caregiving strain, and the challenges that come with adoption or blended households. She includes practical problem solving and attention to daily routines that affect stress and mood.

In sessions she uses a mix of evidence-informed techniques including cognitive behavioral approaches, mindfulness practices, acceptance and commitment ideas, and motivational interviewing. The focus is on useful skills, clearer choices, and steady steps forward rather than quick fixes.