- Systemic focus
- Trauma-informed care
- Works with ADHD
About Toppacio
Toppacio Rodriguez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She often helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, trauma, addiction, parenting challenges, ADHD, and self esteem concerns. She uses a whole-person approach that looks at relationships and daily life together rather than focusing on one symptom in isolation.
She prefers to work systemically, paying attention to how family, school, work, and friendships affect someone’s mood and behavior. Toppacio mixes tools from several evidence-based techniques to meet each person where they are. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can try new ways of coping between appointments.
Her background includes work with children and teens, adults, and couples across many cultural and economic backgrounds. She has experience supporting people who have survived sexual assault and domestic violence. She has also worked with children on the autism spectrum and those with fetal alcohol spectrum concerns.
She holds certifications in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and in Managing and Adapting Practice. Toppacio uses those skills when trauma or developmental differences play a role in someone’s life. She encourages open conversation about thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Beginning therapy can feel hard, and she acknowledges that step. Her goal is to help people build practical strategies, steady their self esteem, and move toward a more balanced life in ways that fit each person’s daily routine.
She prefers to work systemically, paying attention to how family, school, work, and friendships affect someone’s mood and behavior. Toppacio mixes tools from several evidence-based techniques to meet each person where they are. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can try new ways of coping between appointments.
Her background includes work with children and teens, adults, and couples across many cultural and economic backgrounds. She has experience supporting people who have survived sexual assault and domestic violence. She has also worked with children on the autism spectrum and those with fetal alcohol spectrum concerns.
She holds certifications in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and in Managing and Adapting Practice. Toppacio uses those skills when trauma or developmental differences play a role in someone’s life. She encourages open conversation about thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Beginning therapy can feel hard, and she acknowledges that step. Her goal is to help people build practical strategies, steady their self esteem, and move toward a more balanced life in ways that fit each person’s daily routine.