Hendrina Sterling Rodriguez, NCPS
Practical, narrative-informed counselling for everyday life
Details
| Name | Hendrina Sterling Rodriguez |
|---|---|
| Credentials | NCPS |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | NCPS |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Hendrina
Hendrina Sterling Rodriguez is a bilingual counsellor who offers straightforward, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, low mood, anxiety or relationship strain. She writes and talks in English and Spanish and aims to make sessions easy to follow. Hendrina’s style is collaborative and down-to-earth, with clear steps you can try between meetings.
She brings ten years of experience from work in both public health services and independent practice in the United Kingdom.
Background and approach
Her listed approaches include Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Hendrina focuses on present-day coping, problem solving and clearer communication rather than long-term analytic work.
Hendrina helps people tackle a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and communication problems, parenting strain, career questions and issues around identity, including LGBT matters. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related struggles, and works with specific themes like abandonment, attachment difficulties and feelings of emptiness.
Her approach is practical and skills-based. Sessions often include goal-setting, noticing unhelpful patterns, and trying small experiments to change day-to-day reactions. Hendrina makes space for people to tell their story and then looks with them at which changes feel most realistic.
People who prefer structured, short- to medium-term counselling tend to find her way of working helpful. She accepts people from outside the UK and runs sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Costs vary with location and a subscription model is used that can be cancelled at any time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Self esteem among the things Hendrina works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Hypnotherapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Hendrina among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Hendrina directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Hendrina directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Hendrina’s approaches translate to online therapy
Hendrina uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell and reframe the stories that shape their day-to-day life. This approach looks at how problems become central to a person’s story and helps identify alternative, more helpful plots to try.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and on choosing actions that match a person’s values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes.
Attachment-Based Therapy appears in her work when relationship patterns and closeness issues are important. This helps people understand how past connections shape present reactions and develop different, more supported ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Hendrina talks with each person about what feels most useful, and together they decide which methods to try. She adapts tools and exercises to match someone’s goals, pace and preferences rather than following a single fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, which helps fit counselling around work, family life and other commitments. Video calls let people work face-to-face when needed, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat suit quick check-ins or shorter weekly contact. Many people find this variety makes it easier to keep therapy going and try new skills between meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Hendrina help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and grief, plus relationship and communication difficulties. Other areas include trauma and abuse, parenting strain, ADHD challenges and career questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is counselling-led and practical, using skills-based and narrative approaches to help clarify goals and reduce overwhelm. Sessions focus on present-day coping and workable steps between meetings.
How long has she been practising?
She has ten years of experience working across the NHS and independent practice in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her listed credential is NCPS and she practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers remote sessions to people in other countries.
What session formats are available?
She sees clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility to suit different needs.
How do fees and starting therapy work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session.
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