Things Nobody Says Out Loud: About Celebrating While Grieving
By Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez |
Things Nobody Says Out Loud: The Psyche Is Always Speaking
By Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez |
Things Nobody Says Out Loud About Healing: Healing May Cost You Your Old Identity
By Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez |
Things Nobody Says Out Loud About Dreams: The Dream Knows Before You Do
By Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez |
The Ofrenda Ritual: Bridging Art and Death
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What if grief were not something to overcome, but something to honor?
Produced as part of Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez's doctoral dissertation in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, The Ofrenda Ritual: Bridging Art and Death explores the use of the ancient Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos and ofrenda-making in the treatment of complicated grief.
Combining Jungian depth psychology, expressive arts, cultural ritual, and qualitative research, the documentary follows participants as they create personal altars honoring loved ones who have died. Through ritual artmaking, storytelling, symbolic objects, photographs, and communal witness, the film explores how creativity and ritual can provide meaningful pathways for mourning, remembrance, and emotional healing.
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate"
- Carl Jung
Viewed through a depth-psychological lens, the research examines how image, symbolism, and cultural traditions can help individuals engage with grief in ways that traditional verbal approaches may not fully reach, creating opportunities for connection, meaning-making, and transformation.
The documentary represents the convergence of the central themes that have shaped Dr. Angelina's life's work: grief, ritual, creativity, symbolism, and the enduring relationship between memory and healing. It remains one of the foundational expressions of her work as a Jungian psychotherapist, board-certified art therapist, researcher, and educator.
Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez
Ph.D., LPC-AT/S, ATR-BC
Speaker, Presenter, Media Guest
Media, Speaking & Collaborations
Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez is available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, workshops, panel discussions, retreats, and media appearances exploring topics related to Jungian depth psychology, grief, symbolism, addiction, relationships, creativity, and emotional transformation.
Known for bringing warmth, insight, and accessibility to complex psychological themes, Dr. Angelina offers depth-oriented perspectives that connect emotional healing with dreams, archetypes, ritual, art, and the unconscious.
Her speaking and media topics include:
- Grief, loss, and ritual practices
- Addiction and the unconscious
- Jungian-informed art therapy and creativity
- Dream work and symbolic meaning
- The mother-daughter relationship and inherited emotional patterns
- Healing through nature, symbolism, and archetypes
- Individuation and the search for meaning
- Dia de los Muertos ofrenda-making traditions and grief integration
Dr. Angelina’s work has been featured through workshops, experiential gatherings, documentary film, podcast conversations, television interviews, and public speaking engagements throughout the United States.
Media & Speaking Inquiries
For speaking opportunities, collaborations, workshops, podcast appearances, or media interviews, please inquire here.
Upcoming Events
June 12, 2026
Inner Landscape-A Jungian Art & Mindfulness Workshop
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Location: The Jung Center Houston
July 30, 2026
Jungian Active Imagination & the Ofrenda Ritual
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Location: Creativity and Madness Conference — Virtual
August 13, 2026
Recognizing Marianismo - Clinical Applications and Therapeutic Approaches
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Location: Pacifica Graduate Institute — Virtual
October 16, 2026
Honoring the Dead- An Art-Making Ritual for Día de los Muertos
Location: Houston Group Psychotherapy Society
ABC 13 Viva Houston
Art therapy and the healing process
Houston Therapy
Psychotherapy by Angelina
KHOU - Houston
Love Addiction & Recovery
Great Day - Houston
Couple Therapy
The Ofrenda Ritual Trailer
Bridging Art and Death
See Art Therapy Workshop
A Celebration of Grief
KHOU - Houston
Sexting, Texting, & Harassment
Great Day - Houston
Couple Therapist
Meet Dr. Angelina
Dr. Angelina H. Rodriguez is a Houston-based Jungian psychotherapist, speaker, and artist whose work explores the deeper emotional and symbolic patterns shaping human experience. Read more...
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