Find a Therapist in Lafayette

If you want to speak to me, for sure, you need to call me: (720) •••-••••. I provide therapy for couples, individuals, families and groups. I treat all issues, and most of the mental health and addictive disorder spectrum. The therapy I provide is eclectic but based in cognitive behavioral and existential theory. I do E.M.D.R., critical incident debriefings, and periodically provide classes, at no charge, related to topics like emotional awareness, the development and maintenance of boundaries, healthy relationships, intimacy, and increasing self-esteem. The presentations I provide are available on YouTube. Search: Reito Rodriguez I believe therapy is a process that should be relatively brief, with a beginning and an end. In other words, people that choose to pursue therapy ought to work through what’s hindering their personal growth, learn the skills required to ensure their needs get met, finish therapy and get on with their lives. If at some point a tune up is needed, come back, or do whatever is necessary to maintain your personal growth. It will look different at different times, but the responsibility for your own well-being belongs solely to you. The skills I teach are generalizable to all parts of life, and once you learn how to ensure your needs get met, you can. COUPLES COUNSELING My role when working with couples is to increase the couple’s ability to work through things together, as a team. If people can’t work together they grow apart. I facilitate changes so that the relationship can be as healthy as possible. That means it must benefit both, and each must be comfortable with the relationship’s level of communication, commitment, intimacy, support, fulfillment, caring, and love. Common misconceptions that keep people from having healthy relationships include the following: that relationships are a 50% / 50% deal, that compromise is the only means to a healthy relationship, that the health of the relationship is dependent on the level of commitment each person, has to the relationship. The couples counseling, I provide, is based in part, on the premise that a 50% / 50% relationship will likely flounder. A healthy relationship requires that both parties be willing, and able, to bring as close as possible, to 100% of their part, of the relationship to the table. A 100% / 100% relationship means each person needs to be able to show up with 100% of who they are and actively participate in the relationship. The most important commitment to make if you want a strong healthy relationship, is to yourself (To Thy Own Self Be True). That commitment means not settling with a dysfunctional relationship, unless it offers you what you seek. The second is to your partner. Meaning you will do your best to show up with your 100%. The third is to your relationship, the dimensions of which are up to you and your partner. To develop and maintain a healthy relationship each individual must understand what their 100% is, have the skills to communicate their emotions and needs, and be able to access the personal fortitude that’s part of their 100%. My office hours are in the morning, beginning at 6:00 am MT to 2:00 pm, seven days a week. My fee is $145.00 an hour. I do not accept health insurance but will prepare the paperwork you'll need if you have out-of-network benefits. I offer a brief free consult to those interested in my services.