Therapy That Honors Your Story

Helping you reconnect with your body, your voice, and your power.

Dez Rodriguez, LMHC (she/they) is a Chicana feminist, therapist, educator, and activist who envisions a world where mental health is met with compassion—not stigma. She is deeply committed to supporting anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or misunderstood on their healing journey.

Drawing from her extensive training in culturally-affirming, trauma-informed care she specializes in helping women of color, LGBTQ+ folks of color, and adult survivors of childhood trauma reclaim wholeness and joy.

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What I’ve Been Up To

Bringing full heart, lived experience, and intersectional advocacy to NASPA Region II. 💖🦋✊🏽🌈✨ Incredibly grateful to my team and to everyone who joined us to reimagine what inclusive student support looks like. #NASPA2 #StudentAffairs #Neurodi
I’m thrilled to share that my colleagues from @laguardiacc and I will be speaking at @naspa2. Our workshop explores strategies for supporting neurodivergent students through an intersectional, mental-health-informed framework. Using LaGuardia&
Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at @cunyedu’s Neurodiversity Conference on neuroaffirming mental health & inclusion strategies for college students, alongside my amazing colleagues from @laguardiacc. 💐 As a first-generation college gradua
Whether you’re feeling inspired, isolated, or just craving real connection… this space is for you. ❤️‍🔥 As a Queer, Chicana, feminist, and somatic trauma therapist, I support folks in coming home to themselves—through their b

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