Monica Rodriguez, LPC

Monica Rodriguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with adults and young adults to address stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger, and depression, drawing on a broad background that includes mood disorders, panic, post-traumatic stress, and issues related to chronic pain or illness.

Monica takes a strengths-focused approach, believing that people are the experts of their own stories and that their existing resources can be mobilized to meet life’s challenges. She supports clients through difficult thoughts and emotions, helps improve communication and relationships, and offers strategies for managing impulsivity, control issues, and disruptive mood concerns such as DMDD.

Fluent in English and Spanish, Monica combines evidence-informed methods with an empathic, collaborative stance to tailor care to each person’s needs. As an LPC she provides professional counseling grounded in training and licensure in Texas (TX LPC 66154). Monica accepts international clients and offers multiple ways to connect, working to make therapy accessible for those navigating life changes, healing from sexual assault or self-harm, or seeking support with parenting and women's issues.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Monica Rodriguez

Monica brings Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her online work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes understanding each person’s experience and building a collaborative relationship where the client’s goals and strengths guide the process - this is helpful for improving communication, parenting concerns, and managing overwhelming emotions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing practical skills to reduce anxiety, panic symptoms, and depressive thinking.

She also uses Narrative Therapy to help clients reframe and make sense of traumatic experiences or life changes by examining the stories they tell about themselves and discovering alternative, more empowering perspectives. Monica tailors these approaches to fit individual needs and preferences, working together with clients to determine which methods feel most useful and relevant.

Online therapy with Monica is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to maximize flexibility. These options support consistent care for people managing busy schedules, mobility limitations, chronic illness, or living in different locations, while allowing licensed professionals to adapt pacing and tools to each client’s life.