About Hendrina Sterling Rodríguez — Online Psychotherapist and Couples Therapist
Hendrina Sterling Rodríguez is a bilingual trauma-informed psychotherapeutic counsellor, couples therapist, clinical hypnotherapist, psychology-informed coach and corporate wellbeing consultant. She offers private, online-only psychotherapy for individuals and couples in English and Spanish, alongside coaching and organisational wellbeing consulting. Psychotherapy, coaching and corporate consulting are three separate services with different purposes and boundaries — this page explains each one clearly. Online services are offered subject to professional, ethical and jurisdictional suitability.
Private online psychotherapy for individuals
Hendrina works with adults facing anxiety, depression and low mood, grief and loss, the impact of difficult or traumatic experiences, burnout and chronic overwhelm, confidence and self-esteem difficulties, and life transitions such as career change, relationship breakdown, relocation or bereavement. She also supports adults with ADHD traits or diagnoses who are navigating the emotional and relational side of ADHD — including shame, masking, overwhelm or relationship strain — as ADHD-informed emotional and relational support, alongside any existing medical care. She works affirmatively with LGBTQ+ clients, welcoming people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Sessions focus on understanding patterns and building emotional regulation, at a pace that feels safe rather than rushed.
Online couples therapy
Hendrina also works with couples experiencing communication difficulties, emotional disconnection, recurring conflict cycles, trust difficulties, intimacy concerns, affairs and relationship repair, or the strain of a major transition such as a new baby, relocation or bereavement. Her couples work draws on Gottman-informed relationship research alongside her trauma-informed and attachment-aware clinical training. Couples therapy is available in English or Spanish, including for bilingual and intercultural couples navigating two languages or cultural backgrounds within the same relationship.
Spanish and bilingual therapy
Hendrina provides therapy in English and Spanish, and works with individuals and couples who prefer to work in Spanish, who move naturally between both languages, or who are in a bilingual or intercultural relationship where language is itself part of what they are navigating together. Both individual and couples therapy are available fully in Spanish, from first enquiry through to session work — this is not a translated add-on to her English practice, but a genuine bilingual service.
A trauma-informed approach
Trauma-informed practice means working with safety and pacing first: sessions move at a speed that feels manageable, choices stay with the client, and nothing is treated as fixed or forced. Reactions, patterns and protective habits are approached as adaptations that made sense at the time — not as flaws to correct — and no client is reduced to a diagnosis. This applies equally to individual and couples work.
Therapeutic style
Hendrina’s therapeutic approach is integrative: it draws on cognitive behavioural approaches, trauma-informed and attachment-focused practice, clinical hypnotherapy, and Gottman-informed relationship work, combined according to what a client or couple actually needs.
Qualifications, professional standing and recognition
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling — The Open University
- PGCert Psychological Therapies Practice — University of Exeter
- Graduate Member, British Psychological Society (GMBPsS)
- Accredited Registrant Member, National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (MNCPS Accredited Registrant)
- Clinical Hypnotherapy training
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Level II
- Gottman-informed relationship work
- Bilingual, English and Spanish — more than a decade of professional experience and thousands of client sessions
- Online Therapist of the Year 2024/25 — South West England, Prestige Awards
Psychology-informed coaching
Alongside her psychotherapy practice, Hendrina also offers psychology-informed coaching — a separate, non-clinical service focused on clarity, confidence, life direction, career transitions, personal development, habits, decision-making, and leadership and professional growth. Coaching is collaborative and forward-focused; it is not psychotherapy, does not diagnose or treat any condition, and is not a substitute for therapy. People seeking support for mental health difficulties, trauma-related distress, or relationship therapy are better served by her psychotherapy or couples therapy services above.
Corporate wellbeing
Through HSR Legacy LLC, Hendrina also works with organisations on burnout prevention, leadership wellbeing, emotional regulation at work, employee wellbeing, grief and transition support, and building healthier workplace culture. This organisation-facing consulting work is separate from, and delivered differently to, her private psychotherapy practice — it is consulting, not therapy, and is not delivered as a clinical service to individual employees.
Echo Journey™
Hendrina is the Founder of Echo Journey™, a reflective journaling and emotional-awareness platform. Echo Journey is a self-guided tool — it is not therapy, treatment, or a substitute for professional support.
Who this may be a good fit for
Adults and couples who want a direct, structured, emotionally attuned space to work through anxiety, grief, trauma-related distress, burnout, relationship difficulties or a major life transition — in English or Spanish, entirely online.
Service boundaries
- Sessions are online only and private-pay; insurance is not accepted. Fees are discussed and confirmed during an initial conversation.
- This is not emergency or crisis care — if you are in crisis, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis line.
- Suitability for therapy is assessed individually during an initial conversation.
- Online services are offered subject to professional, ethical and jurisdictional suitability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Hendrina Sterling Rodríguez a psychotherapist?
Yes. Hendrina is a trauma-informed psychotherapeutic counsellor, an Accredited Registrant Member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society.
Does she offer individual online therapy?
Yes. All therapy sessions are delivered online, privately, on a private-pay basis.
Does she offer online couples therapy?
Yes. Hendrina works with couples experiencing communication difficulties, disconnection, conflict cycles, trust difficulties and major relationship transitions, drawing on Gottman-informed relationship work.
Does she provide therapy in Spanish?
Yes. Hendrina is bilingual in English and Spanish and offers individual and couples therapy in either language.
Is she trauma-informed?
Yes. Hendrina is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (Level II) and works from a trauma-informed framework prioritising safety, pacing and client choice.
Does she support anxiety, grief, low mood, trauma-related distress, ADHD-related challenges and LGBTQ+ clients?
Yes, among other concerns. Hendrina works affirmatively with LGBTQ+ clients and offers ADHD-informed emotional and relational support, always as support rather than diagnosis or treatment of any specific condition.
Is Hendrina private-pay only?
Yes. Hendrina’s psychotherapy practice is private-pay only; insurance is not accepted.
How can someone book private therapy with Hendrina?
Through the contact page, selecting Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy or Spanish-Language Therapy, to arrange an initial conversation.
What is the relationship between Hendrina, HSR Legacy LLC and Echo Journey?
Hendrina Sterling Rodríguez is the psychotherapist, coach and founder. HSR Legacy LLC is the business entity through which her corporate wellbeing consulting operates. Echo Journey is a reflective journaling platform she founded; it is not therapy.