Comprehensive therapy, support, and educational services on the path from pain to power.
Our clinical interventions and psychotherapy guide clients to build on their strengths and shape the direction of their own healing and empowerment.
Elizabeth Rivera, LCSW
she/her
Children & Families • Anxiety • Life Transitions • Relationships • Emotional Regulation
“I believe therapy can be a place where people feel supported in understanding what they are experiencing, recognizing the strengths they already carry, and developing tools that help them feel more confident navigating their lives and relationships.”
Working Together
I work with children, adults and families navigating anxiety, emotional challenges, relationship and family stress, life transitions and experiences that can leave people feeling overwhelmed or unsure of what to do next. My approach is warm, supportive and practical, with an emphasis on helping people recognize their existing strengths while developing new ways of understanding and responding to what they are experiencing.
My background in child welfare, healthcare, schools and community-based programs has shaped my understanding that people’s challenges rarely exist in isolation. Family relationships, culture, school and community experiences, and the systems people interact with can all affect how they are doing and what kinds of support may actually be helpful. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and I bring an awareness of culture, language and family experience into my work.
As a mother of two, I understand that family life can hold joy, responsibility, stress and competing needs all at once. Faith and spirituality have also been meaningful in my own life, and when these are important to a client, I am comfortable making room for them in therapy—while always allowing each client to determine what role, if any, spirituality has in their therapeutic process.
Areas of Focus & Approach
Areas of focus: Children and families; anxiety and emotional overwhelm; emotional regulation; relationships and family stress; parenting and caregiving; life transitions; school-related concerns; navigating systems and resources; identity, culture and self-understanding.
Approach: Strengths-based, collaborative and culturally responsive therapy informed by Elizabeth’s experience across child welfare, healthcare, school and community settings. Her work emphasizes practical support, emotional understanding and the relationship between individual well-being and the family, cultural and community contexts in which people live. Therapy is available in English and Spanish.
Interested in Working With Elizabeth?
Finding the right therapist matters. If something about Elizabeth’s approach feels like it may be a good fit for you, you can request her in the Additional Information section of the Become a Client form. While we cannot guarantee a particular therapist’s availability, we will take your preference into consideration as we help you explore potential matches.
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