About Monica
Monica Rodriguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of clinical experience in Texas. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Monica speaks English and Spanish and helps people who are facing trauma, depression, anger, parenting challenges, and major life changes.
She encourages clients to see themselves as the authors of their own stories. Sessions start by listening to what matters most to the person and identifying small, doable steps forward.
Background and approach
Monica uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs, favoring clear goals and personal strengths over jargon. In the room she combines cognitive tools with conversational work to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also draws on narrative ideas to help people reframe difficult experiences.
This practical blend can help with panic, social anxiety, and recurring low mood. Monica pays attention to how current stress connects to past hurts and daily routines. She supports people coping with chronic pain, immigration-related stress, and women's health concerns.
She also addresses impulse control, forgiveness work, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse. Sessions may include skill practice, story work, and short-term problem solving aimed at concrete relief. Monica helps people track progress, adjust the plan, and build on strengths so they can handle future setbacks more confidently.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working from your priorities. In practice this means the therapist follows your lead, asks questions about what matters, and helps you make choices that fit your life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that fuel anxiety and stress. It uses clear exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking and reduce panic or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with you about goals, try techniques that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful. This collaborative process helps make sessions more relevant and focused on real-world changes.
Online therapy offers several practical options: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or a camera is not ideal, and live chat or text-based messaging for brief check-ins and skill practice. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, keep momentum between sessions, and use tools like worksheets or thought records without needing to travel. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and pacing to whichever format works best for each person.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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