Raymond Rodriguez, Rev., MSW, LCSW
Raymond Rodriguez, LCSW-R, Rev., is an Afro-Latino Clinical Social Worker with over twenty years of experience in working with community-based programs. He received his Social Work degree from Columbia University School of Social Work. He is a family therapist with clinical interests in the areas of immigration, diversity, LGBTQ empowerment, spirituality, and working with marginalized communities. In the last decade he has become a trauma specialist assisting clients with complex psychological trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He is certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). He has extensive training and practice in family systems therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Raymond has served as a counselor faculty at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York; is faculty and a member of the Executive Committee of the Trauma Studies Center of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy; and is faculty at the Integrative Trauma Studies Program of the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. He has served as faculty with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute and as an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work and Smith College School of Social Work. He formerly served on the Boards of the National Association of Puertorrican and Hispanic Social Workers and the No More Fear Foundation. He lives in Westchester, NY (on unceded Lakota lands) with his partner, son, and dogs.
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I loved this session! Thank you so much, Raymond! I appreciate the calm and concise manner the material was presented. I really appreciated how Raymond named the challenges we are facing, as well as naming the ancestors and cultural traditions of various peoples. Thank you!
Excellent presentation; thank you
Thank you. I found this brilliant. Such soothing, caring rich voice. Loved the analogies, so helpful
I like the weather analogy. The weather comes and goes and is constantly moving. We can be the sky, the regulation or WOT is the sky, allowing all that comes and goes to come and go and we are the container, allowing the movement and adaptation and being okay with it all.
Very powerful messages here. Thank you for sharing them!
I so appreciated your talk. The impact of our current situation in the United States is so big and so many of us myself included our in dealing with it on our own. We are all experiencing collective trauma. I loved your discussion about reaching out and thinking about our ancestors and how they coped with their stress, including traditions, as a way of coping. Thank you so much.
Thank you. I found this brilliant. Such soothing, caring rich voice. Loved the analogies, so helpful
What a beautiful man, I just love listening to him. It’s like a gentle tide coming through, washing out the dross and leaving you with fresh and hopeful eyes.
Very important and very timely presentation, and you put all your heart in it, thank you so very much! And yes you made a big point about the one-sided Western individualized approach in psychotherapy, mostly neglecting social and historical framework and views, originally meant to liberate patients to finding their own selves, but at the same time isolating them in their suffering whereas well meaning therapists have been transferring limited (sociopolitical and school-) accepted concepts about “normal” and “healthy”. If you are willing to widen the perspective, not to agitate but to bring in a sense of truth and empowerment ( “you are not alone”), most needed for women and members of marginalized communities, still is being a dance on eggshells. It seems to be hard looking at one’s own limitations and fears although doors are opening wider. International networks of science and study, coming together to share experiences and results via internet like this event are so very helpful. But as we learn free exchange is not self evident and guaranteed forever, so connecting, strenghthening resiliancy, freeing hearts and minds is more important than ever.
“You are not alone”
Thank you for that message. I appreciated the exercises you talked us through
Excellent presentation!!!
love how he explains Self regulation, but very explicit gave examples how to do it. Also he was brave to discuss a particular situation in our country
Such a heartfelt presentation. I loved how you brought the importance of opening the door to meaningful conversation is the responsibility of the person with the greatest power and privilege in the relationship. Understanding that it is not about fixing but naming the reality that is being experienced. Holding space for honesty and care in that moment. Beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you for your words of wisdom, experience, and your oneness with all the suffering communities. It is very real what those of us are going through. Bringing all this to our awareness, how it is affecting our nervous systems and its implications is such a noble call. Thank you for everything you addressed today.
Thank you Raymond for your wise, warm, honest, real, generous presence and presentation. Even though I know a lot about what you spoke about there was something new, refreshing, expansive, loving, kind and impactful about your talk. What a gift you are to the world.
I appreciated your practical and informative tips too. Thank you so much.
Thank you, Rev Raymond Rodriguez, for naming the reality we are all living in and highlighting the importance of collective resilience. Community building is so important in a time of so much divide. I appreciate the reminder of building rituals and sharing with others over food. Remembering practices that have been meaningful in bringing people together.
Loved the analogies (ebb and flow of the waves, weather and the pace of the session was super calming in itself. I found the idea of trauma survivor resilience really empowering also and a welcome shift in framing.
I appreciate the emphasis on the formula “if I do abc, then I’ll feel better.” I could watch an entire video on this alone. It is so important to drive home the knowing that no amount of doing will compensate for a lack of be-ing.