- Stress management
- Guilt and shame
- Parenting support
About Guadalupe
Guadalupe Rodriguez is a California licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT with 17 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and depression. She also focuses on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and questions about life purpose.
Guadalupe uses straightforward conversation to help people name what feels heavy. Sessions are practical and focused on the issues you bring. She adapts the pace and topics based on each person's situation and what feels most useful in the moment.
In sessions she listens for how guilt or shame shows up in daily life and how it affects relationships. She helps people sort through what they regret, what they can act on, and what may need different kinds of attention. Many clients work on clearer communication and repairing strain with others.
She brings years of experience with trauma and parenting concerns into how she frames problems and plans next steps. That can mean practicing a new way to talk about a hard topic, testing out different reactions, or setting manageable short-term goals.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. The first step is a short questionnaire and scheduling an initial meeting to see if her approach fits the situation and goals you want to focus on.
How Guadalupe uses therapeutic methods online
Guadalupe draws on practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage emotion and mend difficult interactions. One common method she uses focuses on understanding patterns - noticing how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together so people can try different responses. This approach helps with anxiety, guilt, and recurring relationship problems.She also uses trauma-informed strategies that emphasize pacing and safety when working through painful memories or abuse. Those techniques aim to reduce overwhelm and make it possible to talk about difficult events without getting stuck. When parenting or communication are the focus, sessions may include role practice and scripting to build clearer exchanges at home.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. Guadalupe treats that as a collaborative process and will help you choose methods that match your concerns, goals, and preferences. She adjusts plans as needed based on what helps in early sessions.
If you plan to meet online, please confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist will explain how scheduling and the subscription-based payment work when you complete the short questionnaire and set your first meeting. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy can be more consistent.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and depression, plus related areas like communication, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation, and life purpose.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She listens for how those feelings appear in everyday life and in relationships, then helps people name them, practice different responses, and set small steps forward.
What is her professional background?
She has 17 years of professional experience working clinically with the concerns listed in her profile.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.