Gloria Rodriguez-Benitez

Our Mission

Our team of psychotherapists can help your patients learn to see more deeply within, and thus gain the ability to perceive the outside world with enhanced clarity.

The mission at Namaste Holistic Counseling is to help clients pave the right path treating the causes not just the symptoms.

Our Clinicians will assemble the right treatment plan so that we can look beyond just your symptoms and address the root causes. We want to see our patients live the most fulfilled lives and broaden treatment options beyond medication management.

Namaste Holistic Counseling, which takes an integrative approach to treating psychiatric disorders, emotional, behavioral and addiction issues. We use both conventional and integrative therapies that complement the healing process. Therapy is personalized to suit each person’s needs and lifestyle.

Gloria J. Rodriguez-Benitez is native to Puerto Rico and received a BA in Psychology from La Roche College, PA in 1995. She furthered her studies at Duquesne University, PA achieving a MsEd in School and Community Counseling in 1998 and received National Board Counselors Certification in 2002. Gloria J. Rodriguez-Benitez began her career by providing Residential Treatment Services and Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Allegheny County for several years. Mrs. Rodriguez-Benitez worked as a caseworker for Children, Youth and Families in 1998, provided Mental Health Services in Allegheny county and surrounding areas and became a Licensed Professional Counselor in 2004. As a private practitioner Mrs. Rodriguez-Benitez has provided individual, couple and family counseling in outpatient and mobile settings. In 2006 she became a Student Assistance Consultant and provided consulting services to non-public schools in Allegheny County through the Non-public School Program at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 and became an instructor for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In 2008, Mrs. Rodriguez-Benitez was hired as the Parent Network Coordinator at the Office of Child Development, University of Pittsburgh. As the network coordinator, Mrs. Rodriguez-Benitez created outreach opportunities to Family Centers across Pennsylvania in order to achieve one common goal; advocate for families and children in their communities. After this project, Mrs. Rodriguez-Benitez becomes the Project Coordinator for the “Real Help, Real Time” Emergency Fund for families who are in financial crisis and reside in the communities of Allegheny County were Family Support Centers are located. In 2009, Mrs. Rodriguez-Benitez became an Infant Mental Health Specialist for the Office of Child Development and now offers the same supportive consulting services to the 0-5-year-old population, their families and early childhood education centers staff. Gloria J. Rodriguez-Benitez completed the Infant Mental Health Certificate Program at Chatham University in 2012, became a PA Quality Assurance (PQAS) instructor and a PLAY Project Certified Consultant. As a Licensed P.L.A.Y. Project Consultant, Gloria Rodriguez-Benitez delivers intense play-based developmental intervention to children with Autism and their families at home and in the early education setting. In 2019 Gloria Rodriguez-Benitez became the East Regional Supervisor for the Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Program at the PAKeys for the Office of Child Development and Early Learning, serving Early Education Centers in the Western side of the Pennsylvania state. Gloria Rodriguez-Benitez is committed to improving the life of a child one family at a time. Mrs. Rodriguez- Benitez does this all by providing IECMH Consulting Services, Private Practice Outpatient Services and Mental Health/Education – Prevention Services in a culturally competent manner.