You didn’t start these patterns, but you can change them.
Therapy for individuals, couples, and adult families ready to heal at the root.
A space for cycle breakers navigating the tension between family loyalty, responsibility, and choosing themselves.
I offer in-person therapy for individuals, couples, and families in Sacramento and online therapy throughout California.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
50 minute sessions - $175
For first-gen adults and cycle breakers navigating identity, burnout, and inherited expectations.
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COUPLES THERAPY
75 minute sessions - $225
For couples, partners, friends or chosen family working through disconnection, resentment, conflict and relational patterns.
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ADULT FAMILY THERAPY
75 minute sessions - $225
Adult siblings, parent-child dyads, and families navigating conflict, grief, caregiving, and expectations.
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Therapy that helps you understand your patterns and change how you show up as an individual, in your relationships, and within your family system.
¡Hola, I’m Adriana!
Therapist. Educator. Systems thinker. Queer. Immigrant. First-gen.
I specialize in generational healing for people navigating life between cultures, roles, languages, and expectations.
Adriana Rodriguez, LMFT (She/Ella)
CA #84474
I work with cycle breakers doing things differently in their families and lives while navigating the tension between belonging, responsibility, and choosing themselves without self-abandonment.
My work is grounded in family systems, generational healing, and cultural context. Instead of asking “what’s wrong with you,” we look at the patterns, relationships, and histories that shaped how you learned to survive. From there, we build new ways of relating that feel more honest, regulated, and sustainable
Generational Healing in Practice
Many of the struggles people bring into therapy didn’t start with them. They come from patterns passed down through families and shaped by culture, survival, and history. Therapy helps you move from reacting to these patterns to choosing how you want to live and relate and the legacy you want to leave.
ROOTED IN HEALING
Examine what shaped you, including family history and cultural context, so you can let go of patterns that no longer serve you and keep what does.
INSIGHT & INTEGRATION
Understand how your past, family roles, and relationships continue to shape how you live and relate TODAY.
GROWTH THAT LASTS
Less shame. More self-trust. More freedom to choose how you live and relate.
Let’s see if this space is right for YOU!
Therapy with me is sometimes a little soft (hello compassion). A little direct (hey accountability). Rooted, honest, and always relational.
You don’t have to show up polished. You don’t even have to know exactly what you need. We’ll figure that out together.
We’ll slow things down, build skills, hold the heavy, and laugh a little, too. I bring theory, trauma-informed care, and family systems insight. You bring your story, your rhythm, your truth.
This is shared labor, and it only works when the fit feels right.
This work may be a good fit for you if:
You’re navigating boundaries, guilt, or shifting family roles
You find yourself stuck in repeating dynamics in relationships
You’re trying to build a family or life that looks different from the one you came from
You want insight and practical change, not just awareness
My clients are:
First-gen professionals and adult children of immigrants carrying invisible pressure while figuring it out on their own
Eldest daughters and caretakers doing the emotional labor in their families
Adults who moved away for school or work and now navigate distance, guilt, and changing family roles
Couples stuck in familiar arguments while holding unspoken resentment or unmet needs
Individuals learning where their emotional patterns come from and how to care for themselves differently
Queer and bicultural couples building relationships that honor their identities and histories
Siblings and parent–adult child relationships seeking reconnection through grief, silence, or generational complexity
Families navigating mixed cultural or immigration experiences with care and intention
And often, they’re asking:
“How do I become more of myself, without letting go of where I come from?”
“The work isn’t to become someone else. It’s to honor your values as you become more fully yourself, with clarity, with compassion, and on purpose.”
– Adri Rodriguez
So, what are my next steps?
✔ Schedule - Click the schedule button and choose a time that works for your free 20-minute consultation.
✔ Phone Call - We’ll talk for about 20 minutes. I’ll ask about what you’re hoping to get from therapy, and you’re welcome to share as much or as little as feels comfortable. This helps us decide if we’re a good fit.
✔ Paperwork - If we decide to move forward together, we’ll schedule your first session and you’ll receive intake paperwork. This will need to be completed before we meet.
✔ First Session - We’ll review the paperwork, get to know each other, and begin the work at a pace that feels supportive and intentional.
Work with me online or in person
My office is conveniently located in Sacramento, CA off of Watt Avenue and Highway 50.
Can’t make it into the office? No worries. I also offer virtual therapy throughout California.
