MANDY RODRIGUES

I'm Mandy.

A mother, a step mother, a cancer survivor. I’m Mandy. 

A mother, a step mother, a cancer survivor. I've faced infertility, divorce, loss and I have also questioned purpose. 

I know that life rarely gives us answers—only moments. 

Like you, I’ve wondered why some suffer while others don’t, and how we keep going when life feels heavy.

I have sat in the therapy chair myself. I have been a great friend, an absent friend. I have read books, even written some. 

And yet, I still comes to Freud's line: "There are no happy lives, only moments." 

That once felt disheartening. But over the past three decades, I have chosen to sit with people in their darkest moments — when self-talk is loudest, when suffering feels unrelenting. Not because I have the answers. I don’t. But because I believe in resilience. And resilience can be taught. Skills count.

In our fast world, my clients already have access to information — AI, Wellness Programs, apps, courses, social media. Insight is not the problem. Often, insight itself is crippling. What’s missing is a space where the heart can open to that information. That is the space I create.

My sessions are different. I talk. I write on the board. Maybe I don’t always listen enough. But my promise is that you will leave with something practical. A skill. Something you can use to change a marriage, face a diagnosis, navigate burnout, or survive a loss.

Oprah Winfrey once said therapy is about the “aha” moment. You may walk away from a session tired, overloaded, unsure — but something will stick. Something we said together will resonate. And that is where the change begins. 

Sometimes it takes one session. Sometimes it takes many. Sometimes it’s just for a moment, or just for a diagnosis. I can’t change your reality or mine. But I can tell you what to expect. I can show you how others have walked this path. And I can teach you how.

And even if I can't, maybe I can fill your cup a little.

Therapy won't erase your pain.

But maybe it will give you the tools to hold it better.

My commitment is simple. I will sit with you in the hard moments and give you tools to hopefully make them lighter. Whether I am part of your journey for a reason or just for a season, my focus is on leaving you with something practical and lasting.