SPEAKING & MEDIA

Rosa is available for speaking engagements, workshops and media conversations focused on mental health, personal growth and the emotional realities of navigating change. 

Her work explores what happens when life doesn't go as planned.  Including major life transitions, burnout, relationship challenges, identity shifts and the pressures of modern life and self-employment.  Drawing from both clinical experience and real-world perspective, Rosa brings a grounded and relatable approach that helps make complex emotional experiences feel more understandable, human and actionable.

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AVAILABLE SPEAKING TOPICS

  • Life rarely unfolds exactly the way we imagined it would.  This topic explores the emotional impact of disappointment, uncertainty, grief and unexpected change.  As well as how these experiences can become opportunities for reflection, growth and rebuilding.  Through a grounded and relatable lens, Rosa speaks about making meaning from difficult seasons and learning how to move forward when the old version of life no longer fits.

  • Major transitions-such as divorce, parenthood, career changes, health challenges, or loss-often force us to reevaluate who we are and how we want to live.  This conversation focuses on the emotional disorientation that can come with change, even 'positive' change, while also exploring how periods of transition can lead to deeper clarity, self-understanding, and intentional growth.

  • Many people have learned to survive by overfunctioning-constantly managing, achieving, caregiving, or staying productive at the expense of themselves.  This topic explores burnout not simply as exhaustion, but as a chronic pattern of disconnection from personal needs, limits and emotional well-being.  Rosa discusses the importance of boundaries, nervous system support and sustainable ways of living and working.

  • Self-employment can offer freedom and purpose, but it also comes with unique emotional pressures that are often overlooked.  This conversation explores the stress, uncertainty, isolation and identity challenges that can come with entrepreneurship and ownership, while highlighting the importance of mental health, self-awareness and sustainable success for business owners and leaders.

  • Experiences of failure, grief, heartbreak, or major disruption can challenge our sense of identity and direction.  Rather than viewing these moments only as endings, this conversation explores how adversity can become a catalyst for resilience, meaning-making and transformation.  Rosa speaks to the deeply human process of rebuilding after life changes course.

  • Perfectionism and people-pleasing often develop as ways of seeking safety, approval, or belonging, but over time they can create exhaustion, resentment and disconnection from self.  This topic explores how relationship patterns are formed, why they persist and how greater awareness and self-trust can support healthier ways of relating to ourselves and others.

PROFESSIONAL BIO

Rosa is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California, with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco.  Her clinical experience spans a range of settings, including nonprofit work with at-risk teens in residential treatment, adults in court-mandated therapy and substance use programs, and community-based mental health services.  She also served as Program Director for the El Puente Program at LifeWorks of Sonoma County, where she provided in-home therapy and psychoeducation for teens and their families.  In addition to her clinical work, Rosa currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Zane Templin Foundation, supporting mental health awareness and prevention efforts in the community.

Rosa integrates evidence-based psychology with mindfulness, depth-oriented work, and nature-informed practices.  She has completed the Level 1 Inner Compass Academy certificate in depth psychology and coaching, further shaping her integrative approach.  Today, she works with individuals and groups navigating life transitions, relationship patterns, anxiety, health challenges and burnout, helping them better understand themselves and create meaningful, lasting change.  Rosa offers therapy and coaching services as well as group work and retreats.  To learn more or connect, individuals can visit her website or schedule a consultation directly.

Currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Zane Templin Foundation

What Others Are Saying

  • Exceptionally thoughtful

    “I’ve had the privilege of working alongside Rosa as a fellow therapist for over 15 years, and I hold her in the highest regard. She is exceptionally thoughtful, well-read, and brings the depth and steadiness of a truly seasoned clinician to her work.”

    — Mark Falls, PhD

  • She helps people feel seen

    “Rosa brings a rare combination of warmth, emotional attunement, and clinical sophistication to her practice.  Her ability to build strong, trusting relationships is exceptional; clients feel genuinely seen, understood, and supported, which allows for meaningful therapeutic work to unfold.”

    — Michelle Fountain, LCSW

  • Easy to talk to

    “Rosa’s clinical abilities combined with her authentic, easy to talk to style allow her to work well with difficult things and help those she works with build confidence and find new ways to move forward and get more out of life.”

    — Alice Petty-Hannum, LMFT

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