Adriana Rodriguez Therapy

Adriana Rodriguez Therapy ¡HOLA! I’m Adriana and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #84474 in the Sacramento area.

01/27/2026

This moment is activating for many of us, especially BIPOC, q***r, immigrant, and first-gen folks.

Not because we’re fragile or regressing, but because trauma isn’t only historical. It’s living.

Even when we’re “safe on paper,” the body remembers what our families survived and what was required to keep going.

This clip from my conversation with Sofia Mendoza names what it can feel like to hold collective trauma while still showing up to care for others. We had this conversation back in August, and I heard it today for me, and I want to share it with you as we live thru the times.

Let the video land. Take what resonates. And notice what your body is asking for as you watch.

Listen to Season 2 Episode 1 to catch the full conversation. DM me EPISODE and I’ll send you the direct link.

01/08/2026

I’m not a fan of crowds.
My anxiety flares up.
My hypervigilance gets activated.
My survival brain wants to run.

Last night, I needed something different.

I took my breaths.
I stretched.
I got off my phone.
And still, I felt uneasy.

So I listened to that unease instead of fighting it.

I remembered that survival patterns are responses to time, place, and power.
That what helped me survive before may not be what I need now.

In this moment, what I needed wasn’t retreat.
It was connection.
Witnessing.
Being in my body with others who were also choosing to show up.

Just to remember I don’t do this alone.

01/07/2026

I just got to my office to start my therapy day, and this is heavy on my heart.

Today’s news has left me sitting with shock, disbelief, and grief. Moments like this remind me how deeply the world we live in and the work we do as therapists are intertwined. There is no clean separation between “out there” and “in here.” Our clients bring the world into the room, and so do we, whether we name it or not.

If you’re feeling unsettled, angry, scared, numb, or all of it at once, it makes sense. These moments land in our bodies, our nervous systems, our histories. They don’t pause just because we have a session to show up for.

This is why care matters. Rest, grounding, community, and support are not luxuries. They’re what allow us to stay human, present, and connected, for ourselves and for those we care for.

I want to gently encourage you to talk to your therapist about how current events are impacting you, and how the world you move through informs your healing. Therapy doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Neither do we.

Holding space today with tenderness, honesty, and a lot of care.

01/07/2026

I’m holding so much gratitude as I reflect on 2025.

For the clients who trusted me, the colleagues and friends who walked alongside me, the conversations that changed me, and the moments that reminded me why I do this work.

This year held a lot. Joy, grief, adventure, loss, growth, exhaustion, meaning and love. I adjusted to meet my capacity, my strengths, and my energy, and I kept showing up, removed what was unnecessary, noticed when my body and heart asked for gentleness, Im so proud of myself for not overstretching even when I felt I was falling behind.

As I step into 2026, I’m choosing intention over urgency. There is more to come, but it doesn’t all have to come today or in January.

I’m honoring my winter pace over rushing ahead. Trusting that rest, reflection, and integration are part of sustainability, not a pause from it.

Thank you to everyone who shared space with me this year. I carry your stories, your laughter, your wisdom, and your care with deep respect.

Looking forward to meeting some of my new favorite people this year. 🤍

11/16/2025

Why does choosing yourself feel so hard?

In this clip, names something so many of us carry, the guilt that comes with saying no, setting boundaries, or doing what feels right for you.

Especially if your whole identity was built around your family role.

Oldest daughters. People pleasers. First gens. Caregivers.
We weren’t taught to choose ourselves.
We were taught to endure.

But healing means building tolerance for the discomfort of disappointing others.

And realizing that you are not wrong for wanting something different.

🎧 Full episode: In My Liberation Era
🎙️ Entre Tías y Amiguis with Adri Rodriguez

11/14/2025

In these times, we’re all learning and unlearning.
More than ever, we’re being asked to challenge the façades that family dynamics, culture, and society set up for us.

The eldest daughters.
The strong friend.
The first-gen therapist.
The cycle breaker.
The one everyone turns to.

But what if being strong includes asking for help?
What if vulnerability is strength?

In this clip, reminds us that healing sometimes looks like saying,
“No, I’m not doing well actually.” That the strongest ones deserve to be held too.

🧡 You don’t have to carry it alone.
🎧 Full episode: In My Liberation Era everywhere you listen to podcasts!
🎙️ Entre Tías y Amiguis with Adri Rodriguez

11/12/2025

Feeling immense gratitude and the emotional hangover from all the feelings I experienced yesterday 🥹 on 11/11 (IYKYK) I got to be the keynote speaker for a group of 300 expanded learning educators, the same field that taught me about community, service, and possibility. And the cherry on top, I delivered it at the auditorium of my high school…the place where I landed after arriving from El Salvador, learning a new language, and starting over. Full circle moment. Honoring every version of me. What a life. 💛

11/03/2025

What if reconnecting to culture isn’t just about coming back to yourself… but also about opening deeper connection in your work, your relationships, your healing?

This is why culturally responsive therapy matters.
Because language carries memory.
Because identity shapes how we feel, express, and belong.
Because sometimes, what unlocks in us… unlocks for others too.

🎧 What We Lost, What We’re Reclaiming: A Sí Sabo Kid Journey

Now streaming on Entre Tías y Amiguis!

As a follow up from today’s IG Live. Here are some definitions of Marianismo:The term was first coined by Evelyn Stevens...
12/15/2022

As a follow up from today’s IG Live. Here are some definitions of Marianismo:

The term was first coined by Evelyn Stevens in 1973 to describe women’s subordinate position in Latin American society and to bring attention to the unrealistic and idealized gender-role expectations of women.

The main values of Marianismo are centered around the concepts of “familismo” (a woman should be a good wife, mother, and caretaker), “respeto” (a woman should be modest in behavior, not talk about s*x, and not engage in s*x for pleasure), and “simpática” (a woman should avoid conflicts at all costs and silence the self if necessary to maintain harmony). The gender role script of Marianimso is derived from the image of the Virgin Mary: virginally pure, non-s*xual, and self-sacrificing.

Studies have found a positive correlation between Marianismo identity and self-silencing, and between self-silencing and both anxiety and depression. Older women rated higher in Marianismo and self-silencing.

For Latinx heritage month the MI CASA team hosted me as I led a workshop on Intergenerational Trauma for CRC students. I...
10/07/2022

For Latinx heritage month the MI CASA team hosted me as I led a workshop on Intergenerational Trauma for CRC students. I used the movie encanto to help us with this conversation! Thank you 🥹😍🫶🏽

Had a great time presenting at Emerge Summit!! The conversation on Impostor Syndrome was real, vulnerable and honestly ...
09/16/2022

Had a great time presenting at Emerge Summit!! The conversation on Impostor Syndrome was real, vulnerable and honestly I had to model on myself some of the skills as my nerves got the best of me today. But guess what you can be prepared, and have full confidence on how dope you are and still feel a little shaky from time to time

Have you enjoyed watching Encanto as much as we have?? Join us tomorrow on IG Live, as my colega Odette Rivera and I dic...
01/10/2022

Have you enjoyed watching Encanto as much as we have?? Join us tomorrow on IG Live, as my colega Odette Rivera and I dice into some of the themes that have gotten our wheels turning.

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