About Ada
Ada Guiselle Rodriguez is an MD psychologist licensed in Maryland with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, low mood, and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing life transitions and persistent motivation struggles.
Her style is straightforward and strengths-focused. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and works alongside them to build practical tools. Sessions emphasize clear steps and realistic goals that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Over two decades she has guided many people through mood concerns and coping with change. She draws on evidence-based approaches and adapts strategies to each person’s needs. Conversations are practical and aimed at skill-building rather than long theoretical discussion.
She offers services in English and Spanish. Her background as a medical doctor informs a grounded, health-oriented perspective on emotional and behavioral concerns. People often work on improving communication, addressing guilt or shame, and reducing isolation.
Therapy can focus on short-term coping skills or longer work on life purpose and emotional habits. The first sessions usually clarify goals and set simple, measurable steps. Those small steps are used to track progress and adjust the plan as needed.
Approaches for Anxiety and Online Care
Evidence-based techniques often used in work around anxiety and mood include structured skill training and problem-focused strategies. Skill training teaches concrete tools for managing worry, calming the body, and improving sleep. These techniques are useful when day-to-day symptoms interfere with work or family life.Another helpful approach is short-term behavioral change work that focuses on shifting routines and responses. This involves setting small goals, testing changes, and measuring progress to reduce avoidance and increase confidence. That kind of work often helps with motivation, anger, and feeling stuck.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about symptoms, goals, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that match the person’s needs and adjust the plan based on what feels most effective.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter skill coaching, and follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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