Abel Rodriguez LCSW, LCDC
Services
Psychotherapy
I offer counseling services to children, adolescents, couples, adults and families.
My specialties include:
My specialties include:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief and Bereavement
- Alcohol Abuse
- Alzheimer's
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Health
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child or Adolescent
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Family Conflict
- Infidelity
- Men's Issues
- Oppositional Defiance
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
- Substance Abuse
- Trauma and PTSD
Adult Individual
Individual counseling provides an opportunity to work one-on-one with a counselor for guidance and support to resolve an issue, recover from an upsetting experience, explore thoughts and feelings, examine beliefs and work toward making healthy changes.
Children
Counseling for children and young people may differ from counselling for adults, and will depend on the child’s age, specific difficulties and their development. Different methods may be used to encourage young children to be able to express their difficulties, such as play and art. For example, reading stories and talking about feelings of a character in that story may help the child to discuss their own feelings, or drawing/painting/drama may help children to express themselves. These methods give the counselor a great insight into the unconscious mind of the child.
Older children may prefer talk therapy, or a mixture of both. The counseling approach will depend on a particular individual. Although different methods may be used for counseling children, the aim of counseling for both children and adults is ultimately the same; to help the individual cope better with their emotions and feelings.
Older children may prefer talk therapy, or a mixture of both. The counseling approach will depend on a particular individual. Although different methods may be used for counseling children, the aim of counseling for both children and adults is ultimately the same; to help the individual cope better with their emotions and feelings.
Couples
Couples counseling is an opportunity to better understand and work through past or current issues that have a negative impact on a relationship. It is an investment for the long-term, providing couples the skills and strategies they need to manage life together in a healthy way.