Mindful Journey Center

Irene M. Rodriguez, LMHC, REAT, is a Boricua Caribeña, born and raised in Puerto Rico. She is a cisgender woman who moves through the world with the privileges of being able-bodied and middle class. She brings humor, heart, and a spiritual lens to everything she does. Irene is a bilingual EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Trainer and Consultant, a Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, and a trauma specialist. She has over twenty years of clinical experience. She teaches EMDR through attachment and dissociation, and she makes big concepts easy to understand. No intimidation. She founded Mindful Journey Center, where she offers therapy, retreats, consultations, and EMDRIA-approved EMDR trainings in English, Spanish, and bilingual formats. Her work blends expressive arts, mindfulness, and parts work. She also directs the Certificate of Expressive Arts Therapy Program. Irene supports clinicians who work with complex trauma, dissociation, and attachment wounds. Her trainings are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, creative, and body-based. They take care of the therapist, not just the client. She is also a certified Laughter Yoga and Meditation Facilitator and a Sound Healing Practitioner. She has presented at EMDRIA Summits and Conferences and has been a member of the EMDRIA Upside review team since 2024. She is a contributing author, with Dr. Jamie Marich, in EMDR Therapy and Creative Arts Therapy. In 2026, she received the EMDRIA Outstanding Contribution & Service Award. Irene is also a mixed-media artist. She tells stories the way she feels them, mixing intuition, creativity, and clinical knowledge. Her learning spaces are grounded and playful, welcoming and inclusive. For her, art is a path to healing, connection, and getting joy back. Irene lives in Puerto Rico with her rescued dog, Lucky Bones, and twelve very expressive lovebirds.