About Rosa
Rosa Gomez Duque helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those coping with parenting strain, addiction challenges, ADHD, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. Rosa is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT practicing in California and speaks both English and Spanish.
She trained in Colombia, earning a bachelor degree in psychology, then moved to the United States in 2005. In 2012 she completed a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy.
How Rosa works
Over six years of clinical work include roles at nonprofit organizations where she provided psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Rosa takes a practical, compassionate approach in sessions. She encourages acceptance and empathy while avoiding judgment.
Sessions focus on building resilience and helping people tap into their own strengths to solve problems rather than handing down answers. Her style is holistic and flexible. Rosa adapts methods to match each person's needs and preferences.
She often blends supportive listening with tools for managing emotions, improving sleep, handling anger, and addressing addictive behaviors. Rosa aims to guide clients toward greater self-understanding. She helps people notice life lessons in difficult experiences and use those insights to grow.
The goal is to leave therapy better equipped to face future challenges and continue progress independently.
What Rosa works with
The areas below are the ones Rosa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Rosa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that adapt well to remote sessions. One common approach she relies on focuses on acceptance and empathy, helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment and learning how to respond to them in healthier ways. This helps with anxiety, depression, and grief by reducing self-criticism and increasing emotional tolerance.She also integrates practical, skills-based work aimed at behavior change. That can include sleep strategies, anger management tools, coping plans for cravings, and techniques for improving communication and intimacy. These concrete tools are taught, practiced, and reviewed across sessions to build new habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Rosa will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans over time. Together they decide what feels most useful and realistic for the client's life and routines.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offers flexibility. Video lets the therapist and client work face to face when that is helpful. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflection, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily demands.
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