Catherine Rodriguez, LMHC

Catherine Rodriguez is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with three years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take when stress, anxiety, relationship strain, or life transitions feel overwhelming. Catherine speaks English and Spanish and aims to make conversations straightforward and approachable.

She centers sessions on the person's own goals and strengths. Catherine believes clients know their story best, and she helps them notice patterns that get in the way. She uses clear tools to reduce anxiety and build healthier habits for managing difficult moments.

Catherine draws on cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live in line with what matters most. Client-centered listening gives space for each person to be heard and set the pace of work.

Her practice often addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, family conflict, self-esteem and body image, and problems with impulse control or addictive behaviors. She also supports people facing career decisions, parenting frustrations, grief, and the emotional effects of trauma or abuse.

Sessions can include brief skill coaching, mindful awareness exercises, and practical homework between meetings. Catherine aims for a collaborative, down-to-earth style so people leave with steps they can try right away.

How Catherine's Approaches Fit Online Therapy

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life steps. Online sessions can use this work to set short experiments, review results, and plan next steps between meetings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, called ACT, helps people clarify values and practice small actions that move toward a meaningful life, even with difficult feelings present.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and making space for the client's own goals. In remote sessions this means the therapist follows the client's pace, checks in on what feels useful, and adjusts the approach as goals change. Working together to choose methods and exercises is part of the process so the plan fits the person's needs and preferences.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for role plays or emotion-focused work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send short updates, ask quick questions, or do brief coaching between sessions. These options increase flexibility for scheduling and for keeping momentum between meetings.