The Houston Relationship Counseling Center | Kaity Rodriguez
Whether you’re a couple seeking to rediscover laughter, love, and connection, or a single hoping to change your love life, we’re here for you. Get the help you need today to find healing, happiness, and transformation.
How Can I Save My Relationship? How Do I Get Over a Breakup?
“I’ve finally found a relationship that I really want to work. It’s not replaceable. But we’ve been arguing a lot lately, and we can’t seem to pull out of this downward spiral.”
“I know we had to break up, but I feel like my world has caved in. How do I get over this?”
We all have a need for understanding, connection, and love. When our significant relationships are unhealthy or lost, it affects us.
I’ve been there too, and I’ve experienced the help that personal and relationship therapy can provide. I’m here to assist and guide you on your journey back to emotional health, happiness, peace of mind, fulfillment, and love.
Kaity Rodriguez, MSW, LCSW | Relationship Counseling with a Heart
Welcome To The Houston Relationship Counseling Center Kaity Rodriguez
Our goal is to help you foster healthy relationships.
Not only do we help couples develop better communication skills, learn to fight fair, and foster intimacy, but we also uncover the unaddressed trauma that creates toxic relationship patterns.
In addition to serving couples, we assist individuals who are dating or recovering from a break-up. Whether you are single or partnered, we want to see you in the best relationship of your life!
Kaity Rodriguez, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and clinical social worker, working with individuals and couples for over 15 years.
As a former Miss New Jersey USA, Kaity uses personal experiences, combined with solid counseling skills, to address stress and anxiety-related issues, and to coach women and girls experiencing self-esteem and confidence challenges.
Our Services
Houston’s Best Relationship & Individual Therapy Services
Couple’s Therapy
Heal relationships, foster understanding, and nurture lasting love together.
Individual Therapy
Empowerment, growth, and support for your personal journey towards wellness.
Breakup Recovery
Guidance, healing, and renewal for a brighter post-breakup future ahead.
Dating Coaching
Elevate your dating game, find love, and build meaningful connections.
Assertive Communication Coaching
Master assertive communication, cultivate confidence, and empower personal interactions.
Our Services
We are happy to offer the following services:"
Couple’s Therapy
Heal relationships, foster understanding, and nurture lasting love together.
Individual Therapy
Empowerment, growth, and support for your personal journey towards wellness.
Breakup Recovery
Guidance, healing, and renewal for a brighter post-breakup future ahead.
Assertive Communication Coaching
Master assertive communication, cultivate confidence, and empower personal interactions.
Location
Relationship & Individual Therapy for Houston & Harris Counties
Pasadena
Houston Heights
River Oaks
Bellaire
Tanglewood
The Galleria
Black Therapist in Houston | Therapy for Black Girls
Are you a person of color, looking for culturally competent care? Are you looking for a safe space, with a therapist who understands your background?
Many people of color find it helpful to work with a therapist who shares their racial identity. Our counseling services are tailored to some of the unique cultural experiences that black individuals and couples go through.
These include common issues that black women experience, such as micro-aggressions and stress at work. Black individuals often experience racial trauma, which can affect our relationships as well.
As a former Miss New Jersey and public figure, Kaity has experienced high levels of pressure and scrutiny, and discovered the benefits of therapy to process and overcome the resultant stress and anxiety. Knowing how it feels to be on the other side of the table, she seeks to provide the highest level of professional care, understanding, and kindness for her clients.
FAQs | Relationship Counseling Questions
HOW DOES RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING WORK?
We help clients get to the root of their struggles so that they will come out of the experience with a new and stronger foundation and lasting change.
In the same way that a medical doctor needs to understand your symptoms and medical history before prescribing a treatment, we typically start with a three-part assessment. We learn about your background as a couple, and as individuals, and explore the patterns that might be causing the problems in your relationship. Do you have a strong foundation, do you know each other well, do you have trust and communication, what are your conflict styles?
We put that all together and review it with you. We discuss goals. Some things may be practical, skill-based goals such as communication habits or learning to self-soothe. We may go into any trauma that you as individuals carry with you, and that affect your relationship. And then we start with baby steps to work on that.
DO YOU OFFER THERAPY ONLINE?
Yes. We offer both in-office and virtual therapy.
Relationship Advice FAQs by Therapist Kaity Rodriguez, Houston
HOW DO YOU HEAL A BROKEN HEART AFTER A BREAKUP?
Forgiveness is the key, both for yourself and for the other person. Take time to identify the part of you that’s grieving. Forgive yourself for what you didn’t know, sitting with and observing the pain of lost expectations and lost time, and honoring your memories rather than pushing them down. Acknowledging the pain, your own and the other person’s, can be very healing.
Then practice self-care and be kind to yourself. Think about the things you can do to nurture yourself during your time of grieving.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET OVER A BREAKUP?
That will vary depending on the length of the relationship and the type of relationship. Breaking up after dating for three months is much different than breaking off an engagement.
Individuals also react differently; some people just naturally take longer to get over a heartbreak. Your therapist can help you to process the pain more easily and to move on with understanding.
ARE THERE THINGS NOT TO DO AFTER A BREAKUP?
Don’t judge yourself for experiencing pain or for having made mistakes. Self-compassion is important at this point. It also helps to take a break from contact with the other person.
HOW DOES PAST TRAUMA AFFECT ME AND MY RELATIONSHIPS TODAY?
Any trauma we have undergone impacts how we see the world, and shapes our behaviors and beliefs. Trauma can give us a worldview that’s based on a negative experience, causing us to behave in ways that are self-protective. You can’t have a successful relationship when you’re self-protective, struggling with low self-esteem, or assuming you’re not worth it.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF TRAUMAS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE?
There are many types of trauma, starting with attachment trauma if you felt alone in childhood, or abandoned. People experience trauma in relationships, being cheated on, being rejected, and being made to feel they are not enough. It goes without saying that any type of violence has an impact.
Experiencing these traumas can cause us to create walls, push people away, or cling to people. All of these have a negative effect on building relationships.
HOW DO PEOPLE BUILD INTIMACY?
Intimacy can be built in countless ways: through rituals, showing emotional vulnerability, and having an emotional vocabulary. It’s important to know how to connect physically without necessarily involving sex, like hugs, a massage, or just holding hands.
WHAT ARE SOME HEALTHY BOUNDARIES TO HAVE IN RELATIONSHIPS?
One of the central principles is simply doing what you say you will do. Don’t violate that boundary by not honoring your word. Other healthy boundaries include giving each other space and allowing each other to have lives, hobbies, and friends outside of the relationship.
WHAT KIND OF HABITS CAN FOSTER CONNECTION?
Couples who practice rituals that they do together daily tend to do better. It may be the six-second hug when coming home from work, or the six-second kiss. You might have a cup of coffee together every morning or take a daily walk together.
WHAT IS CO-DEPENDENCY?
Co-dependency describes a state where you rely on one another to establish your sense of self.
As humans, we need each other to thrive. But if we depend on one another in a way that says, “I can’t function without you, I can’t take care of myself without you,” we start to lose our sense of self.
How we break co-dependency is by building healthier relationships, trust, and a sense of self?
WHAT IS INNER CHILD HEALING ALL ABOUT?
A therapist will explore with you the patterns of trauma that have impacted you, often since childhood. These are the wounded parts of us since childhood and can subconsciously affect our emotions and behavior.
When our inner child is healed and free from the burden of trauma, we are free. We strive for the eight C’s: compassion, confidence, clarity, calmness, curiosity, creativity, courage, and connectedness.
WHAT IS A SITUATIONSHIP?
It’s a pseudo-relationship where there is no commitment. Situationships lack security and clarity and can be harmful mentally and emotionally.
WHAT IS ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION?
Assertive communication is the ability to speak directly and respectfully about your thoughts and needs. It’s the opposite of passive-aggressive communication, where we don’t say what we need, or we express it in a way that’s not respectful or considerate of the other person.
Design a Life You Love So That Love Can Find You
If you’re a single looking for a relationship, you want to connect with a person who is aligned with you, and who shares similar values and lifestyles.
If you aren’t living a life you love, it’s hard to connect with the right person.
If you aren’t emotionally healthy, it’s hard to create a healthy and successful relationship with another person.
We’re here to help you achieve a life you love so that the right person can connect with you, and so that you’ll be ready when they do.
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