About Monica
Monica Rodriguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of experience in Texas. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, and depression. Monica speaks English and Spanish and works with adults navigating life changes and parenting challenges.
Her practice focuses on listening first. She starts by hearing each person's story and identifying strengths they already have. Monica believes people are experts on their own lives and offers steady guidance as they try new ways to cope.
Background and approach
She uses several approaches depending on what a person needs. Some sessions include body-centered techniques that pay attention to physical sensations. Other times she uses structured exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns.
Narrative and psychodynamic ideas also appear to help people make sense of past events and current patterns. Monica regularly helps people dealing with chronic pain, illness, immigration stress, panic attacks, and trauma related to sexual assault and abuse. She also supports those facing mood disorders, social anxiety, self-harm thoughts, and issues around control and forgiveness.
Sessions are available in multiple formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Monica works with international clients and aims to match practical steps to each person's goals. Starting therapy begins with a short questionnaire and a scheduled appointment based on availability.
How Monica blends somatic and talk therapies online
Monica uses Somatic Therapy to bring attention to where stress shows up in the body, helping people notice breath, tension, and physical responses to difficult memories. This approach can be useful for trauma, chronic pain, and anxiety when sensations are part of the problem. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which focuses on listening, validating each person's experience, and building a therapeutic relationship that supports change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is included when practical skills are needed to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, such as with panic attacks or mood concerns.Finding the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process. Monica works together with each person to choose approaches that fit their concerns, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts methods over time based on what helps and what feels manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow work from home or while traveling, and give different ways to connect based on energy and preference. Monica uses these formats to offer consistent care with flexibility so people can focus on making steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- 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