The Team

Maribel Rodriguez is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, founder and owner of Maribel Sharing Hope and a decorated retired Air Force combat veteran. Working with the belief that everyone can achieve success by staying true to their values, she comes alongside you to help increase your hope and usher in healing with excellence, diversity, and hard work.  Her personal and professional experiences such as military, corporate, and non-profit work allows her to lead her organization and bring value to the community she serves. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, she graduated from Gateway High School in Kissimmee, making Florida home and NY her family home.   Maribel’s experience includes over 20 combined years of service to the Florida Air National Guard and the Air Force.  She has an undergraduate degree in Business, and a Masters degree from Reformed Theological Seminary in Mental Health Counseling. 

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For over 10 years Maribel has worked with a wide demographic of clientele in well known mental health organizations such as Esperance Counseling and Children’s Home Society. Her valuable work in these organizations allowed her to  gain experience working with a multitude of different cultures, ages, settings and mental health diagnosis.  Her culturally competent approach allows her to connect easily with many different clients from a range of social-economic, spiritual, culture and races.  She continued her work by serving clients from foster homes, youth, parents, veterans, trauma survivors, clients with dual diagnosis, and those with cultural and religious trauma.

 

​Because Maribel wanted to do more and inspire more people to find hope, healing and success she created Maribel Sharing Hope.  This is the vehicle used to create opportunities for individuals, organizations and communities to be inspired by Maribel’s message of hope and healing from a multitude of experiences and expertise. Through Maribel Sharing Hope she established DBT C3, a mental health counseling practice, and the Threshold of Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization. Maribel Sharing Hope, DBT C3, and Threshold of Hope Foundation looks forward to meeting you where you are and working together to find the life you long for and live it out loud!