About Rodney
Rodney "Rod" Mayes is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Utah with 30 years of clinical experience. He earned a master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has spent decades helping people who feel stuck, anxious, or depressed.
Background and approach
Rod focuses on everyday problems that get in the way of living well. He works with stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, and depression.
He also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, commitment concerns, communication problems, and the fallout from separation or divorce. His style is warm and interactive.
Sessions are straightforward and respectful, with an emphasis on practical steps rather than labels. Rod aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person’s situation and goals.
He uses a mix of approaches to help people move forward. That includes looking at the stories people tell themselves, noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and exploring internal parts of the self that influence choices and feelings.
Rod has worked with trauma, emotional abuse, and adolescents who have struggled with pre-adoption trauma. He also addresses issues like guilt and shame, infidelity, isolation, life purpose, money stress, and midlife transitions.
Seeking change can feel hard. Rod encourages small, steady steps and offers steady support while people work toward clearer direction and healthier patterns.
Approaches for online work and finding the right fit
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. It prioritizes the person's goals and offers empathetic support while they decide what change looks like. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their lives, making room for different meanings and new possibilities.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, try methods that make sense, and adjust the plan over time. Many people combine techniques from different approaches to suit their needs and preferences.
Online therapy here offers several ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions for lower bandwidth, live chat for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or a busy family life and let people pick the format that helps them stay consistent with their goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English