Introducing Tara Rodriquez, a registered associate clinical social worker offering psychological services in sunny California. Tara's sessions act as a safe haven, allowing clients to freely discuss their thoughts, feelings, and actions in an environment devoid of judgement and bound by confidentiality. She acts as a guide and confidante, helping her clients build self-understanding, resilience, and coping strategies. Whether you're battling issues that seem overwhelming, or just need someone to confide in during life's many ups and downs, Tara consistently provides a gentle, compassionate, and unbiased standpoint. With a wealth of experience in a variety of areas - including substance use, trauma, anxiety, mood difficulties, and significant life changes - her therapeutic approach is holistic and integrative, harnessing somatic and mindfulness-based practices that are grounded in harm-reduction and trauma-aware principles.

Notably, Tara's practice is highly inclusive and welcoming to individuals from all backgrounds and lifestyles. With personal experiences within the LGBTQ+ community and having lived as a person who uses drugs (PWUD), she has a keen understanding of societal marginalization and specializes in assisting individuals on these fringes. She operates as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, having graduated from The Ohio State University with her MSW (Mental Health and Substance Use specialization). Tara's personal life experiences with substance use issues, psychedelic-assisted recovery, infertility, and domestic violence have driven her to make a difference — using her expertise to support her clients through challenging episodes in their lives. Alongside her psychotherapy work, she has a rich background in crisis counselling, harm reduction, psychedelic peer support and event organization. Living and breathing the Californian lifestyle, Tara enjoys hiking, foraging, gardening, yoga, a dabble of music production and cherishing moments with her beloved pets.