Roxana Rodriguez

Feeling overwhelmed by your thoughts, emotions, or everyday responsibilities can make even the simplest parts of life feel exhausting. Perhaps anxiety keeps your mind racing, ADHD makes it difficult to stay focused, or depression leaves you feeling disconnected from yourself and the things you once enjoyed. You may find yourself struggling to manage frustration, carrying stress that never seems to let up, or noticing how painful experiences from the past continue to affect your present. I work with adolescents, adults, and seniors experiencing anxiety, ADHD, depression, stress management, anger management, and trauma. These challenges can also overlap with grief or loss, especially when difficult emotions begin affecting your confidence, relationships, and ability to navigate everyday life. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I believe therapy should be a space where you feel genuinely heard, respected, and supported without judgment. My approach is warm, affirming, and direct, helping you better understand what's keeping you stuck while developing practical strategies that support meaningful change. Together, we can build on your strengths and help you feel more confident, emotionally balanced, and in control of your life.

Our work will make room for both the person you are today and the emotions, experiences, and challenges that have shaped how you got here. We'll explore how anxiety, ADHD, depression, stress management, anger management, and trauma may be affecting your emotional wellbeing, daily responsibilities, and relationships. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you recognize patterns in thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress and develop healthier ways of responding. Whether you're struggling with racing thoughts, difficulty concentrating, low motivation, or overwhelming emotions, we'll work together to identify practical strategies that help you feel more capable of navigating everyday challenges. I also incorporate Solution Focused Brief Therapy to help you recognize your existing strengths, identify what's already working, and turn meaningful goals into manageable steps. My approach is collaborative, affirming, and solution oriented, while also being direct when needed to help you recognize patterns that may be holding you back. Our sessions will balance meaningful self-exploration with practical tools you can use outside of therapy, helping you build greater emotional awareness, healthier coping skills, and confidence in your ability to create lasting change.

You don't need to have everything figured out or know exactly where to begin to take the first step toward feeling better. During our first few sessions, we'll take time to understand what brought you here, what has been most difficult, and what you hope will feel different. Together, we'll establish meaningful goals that reflect your needs, experiences, and the changes you want to make, while identifying practical steps that feel realistic for your circumstances. You can expect me to bring warmth, affirmation, honesty, and thoughtful guidance to our conversations while creating an environment where you feel comfortable discussing difficult emotions, personal challenges, or painful experiences without judgment. Progress may look like feeling less overwhelmed by anxiety, developing practical strategies to manage ADHD, reconnecting with yourself when depression feels heavy, responding to anger with greater awareness and control, or finding healthier ways to cope with stress and trauma. We'll continue checking in on your goals and adjusting our work based on what feels most helpful, helping you move forward with greater emotional balance, self-awareness, and confidence in your ability to navigate life's challenges.