Therapy That Honors Your Story
Helping you reconnect with your body, your voice, and your power.
Dez Rodriguez, LMHC
Dez (she/they) is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Mental Health Educator who offers culturally affirming, trauma-informed therapy, clinical supervision, workshops rooted in a decolonial, mujerista, liberation psychology framework. Her work is for those who want to find true alignment in their lives, heal from intergenerational or ancestral wounds, and reclaim the parts of themselves lost while navigating “la frontera”.
Dez lives and works on Lenapehoking, the unceded ancestral homelands of the Lenape peoples also known as New York City.
Credentials
Licensure & Certifications
Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York State #014659
Post-Masters Certificate: Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice, New York University, 2022
Certified Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor, 2023
Certified CPI Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Instructor, 2024
Education
M.A. in Mental Health Counseling, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
Ed.M. in Psychological Counseling, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
B.A. in Psychology, UC Irvine, 2017
B.A. in Education, UC Irvine, 2017
What I’ve Been Up To:
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