Sarah Rodriguez

Sarah Rodriguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years of experience helping people move through hard moments. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anger, self-esteem, parenting, relationship and intimacy concerns. Her style is straightforward and hopeful, aimed at helping people find practical ways forward.

She studied psychology at Texas Tech University and earned a Master of Arts in Community Counseling from Webster University. Sarah has worked across roles from case management to individual counseling, and she brings that broad experience into sessions. She draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person rather than using a single method for everyone.

Sessions often include learning new skills and trying small, doable changes between meetings. Sarah uses techniques from cognitive behavioral frameworks and mindfulness-based work to address upsetting thoughts and overwhelming feelings. She also weaves emotion-focused ideas when relationships and connection are central to the issue.

Clients can expect a balance of short-term problem solving and deeper work when needed. Sarah mentions both solution-focused strategies and psychodynamic ideas for tackling deeper patterns. She emphasizes listening to each person’s story and collaborating on realistic goals.

Her background includes focused work with trauma, sexual abuse, and domestic violence concerns across genders. She also lists additional interests such as caregiver stress, blended family issues, first responder concerns, and difficulties with forgiveness, guilt, and shame. Sarah practices in Texas and conducts sessions in English.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when anger, grief, or life changes make it hard to move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It often includes concrete exercises to practice between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people notice and change the ways they connect and respond to one another.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can shift as progress is made or new issues appear.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. In general, online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, save commute time, and check in from a convenient location. They can also support shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed, and they let people use tools like guided mindfulness practices and worksheets between appointments.