You Don't Have to Come Prepared
What our first session is actually like, and why you don't need to walk in with your whole story ready.
Read more →Welcome
Hi, I'm Joanne
The way I picture therapy is part detective's board, part puzzle. There's the version with the red string, laying everything out and tracing the lines between things that never seemed connected until you see them next to each other. And there's the slower version: turning pieces over, finding where each one actually fits, and deciding together which to keep, reshape, or set down for good. Most of what brings people in makes sense once you can see the whole board. My job is to help you see it.
My work draws on narrative, psychodynamic, and person-centered therapy, with a relational and trauma-informed lens underneath. In plainer terms, I'm interested in the stories you've come to believe about yourself, where they came from, and the patterns that keep repeating even when you know better. I tend to work well with people who sense there's more going on beneath the surface and would rather have a real relationship than a technique, often around anxiety, attachment patterns, identity and life transitions, grief, and earlier experiences that still shape the present.
I'm bilingual and bicultural, and that shapes how I listen, especially around family, loyalty, and the quiet ways culture lives inside what we expect of ourselves. If any of this resonates, the next step is low-stakes: a brief consultation where you can get a sense of me and ask whatever you need to.
Joanne Rodriguez, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist · LMFT155357 · California
The work
How I can help
Depth-oriented therapy that meets you, rather than fitting you to a method.
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Individual Therapy
Support for anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity questions, and building a steadier relationship with yourself.
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Couples Therapy
A space to understand recurring patterns, communicate more honestly, and reconnect.
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Grief, Trauma & Attachment
Room to look at grief, earlier experiences that still shape the present, and attachment patterns that keep repeating.
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Sex Therapy
A safe, judgment-free space to work through concerns around desire, intimacy, and sexual connection, for individuals and couples alike. Learn more →
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ESA & PSD Letters
Assessments and letters for emotional support animals and psychiatric service dogs, as part of a clinical relationship. Learn more →
Sessions available in person in Concord and via secure telehealth throughout California.
Where we meet
The space
My office in Concord is meant to feel less like a clinic and more like a room you can settle into, warm light, plants, and somewhere comfortable to sit while we work. If meeting in person isn't right for you, we can do the same work over secure video anywhere in California.
Thoughts & resources
From the blog
Reflections on mental health, relationships, and the patterns we carry, written the way I'd talk with you in session.
Humaning From Scratch
Why "I should know how to handle this by now" is the wrong standard, and what it means to build a self from raw ingredients, without shame.
Read more →When Depression Is the One Cooking
Depression and anxiety speak in your voice. A look at externalization, and why recognizing the parasite is the first move.
Read more →The Rope Between You
Every close relationship is a rope with two ends. What happens when, out of love, you've been quietly holding both?
Read more →You Have More Than One Battery
Tired isn't one thing. Physical, mental, emotional, social, each battery has its own charger, and they're not interchangeable.
Read more →What Do You Actually Need?
A living document I give almost every client: what you need, what you want, and how those answers shift over the years.
Read more →More Than a Pet
Why an emotional support animal is more than a pet, and the real ways they steady the people they belong to.
Read more →Reach out
Let's connect
The next step is low-stakes: a brief phone consultation where you can get a sense of me and ask whatever you need to. The best way to reach me is by phone, so please give me a call.
Call to schedule a consultation
(925) 849-4695
Office
1070 Concord Ave, Ste 105
Concord, CA 94520
Telehealth available throughout California
Hours Monday–Friday · 10am–5pm
License LMFT155357
1070 Concord Ave, Ste 105
Concord, CA 94520
Telehealth available throughout California
Hours Monday–Friday · 10am–5pm
License LMFT155357