Brandon Sandate Rodriguez, Therapist
Brandon Alexis Rodriguez helps adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors across California navigate life’s challenges with clarity, compassion, and evidence-based care. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at LifeStance Health, he provides individual therapy tailored to each person’s goals—whether they are managing anxiety, working through depression, or rebuilding after trauma. Serving clients throughout CA, he offers a grounded and culturally responsive approach designed to foster insight, resilience, and meaningful change. Brandon specializes in treating Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD/Trauma, integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help clients develop practical coping skills and long-term emotional regulation. He works with teens (15–17), young adults, adults, and older adults who may be experiencing midlife transitions, later life adjustments, or the cumulative impact of stress. His work often supports individuals from the LGBTQ+ community and those on the Autism Spectrum, while also offering additional areas of focus to meet diverse mental health needs. With a strong commitment to culturally informed therapy, Brandon creates a space where identity, lived experience, and personal values are honored. He is particularly attentive to the ways culture, gender identity, and family dynamics shape mental health. Through mindfulness-based strategies and structured therapeutic interventions, he helps clients reduce symptoms, improve self-esteem, and build healthier relationships with themselves and others. Brandon is bilingual in Spanish and brings warmth and authenticity into his clinical work. Outside of therapy, he enjoys spending time with his family and loved ones, traveling to explore different countries and communities, and deepening his understanding of diverse cultures—experiences that enrich his perspective as a therapist.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 15-75+
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Aging
- Alcohol use
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Autism: generally independent
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Drug/substance use
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Ethnic identity
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Religion & spirituality
- Retirement
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social injustice
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Blue Shield of California (D)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Central Health Plan of California
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- Health Net (MHN)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Kaiser Permanente (SoCal)
- Lucet (SCAN Health Plan)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Education
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California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
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Questions
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Brandon Sandate Rodriguez. You can also call 858-279-1223 to have someone assist you.
Brandon Sandate Rodriguez generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 858-279-1223 to find out Brandon Sandate Rodriguez's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Brandon Sandate Rodriguez:
- Aetna
- Blue Shield of California (D)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Central Health Plan of California
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- Health Net (MHN)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Kaiser Permanente (SoCal)
- Lucet (SCAN Health Plan)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 858-279-1223 to see how we can help.
Brandon Sandate Rodriguez is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Brandon Sandate Rodriguez works at:
Yes, Brandon Sandate Rodriguez does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Brandon Sandate Rodriguez is currently offering in-office visits at the following location:
- English
- Spanish