Yanina Rivera Lopez, LCSW

California
/ Mental Health Advocate, Mental Health Professional

Role

  • "Mental Health Advocate, Mental Health Professional"

About Yanina Rivera Lopez, LCSW

Yanina Rivera Lopez, LCSW is a therapist, trainer, and speaker who supports healers, leaders, and systems in aligning their values with their actions—even under pressure. Her work focuses on understanding how power, trauma, and rigid systems shape behavior, and how harm is often reproduced despite good intentions.

Drawing from community mental health, anti-trafficking work, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and lived experience as a first-generation Latina, Yanina translates complex theory into practical, grounded insights. She speaks in accessible, non-pathologizing ways that help audiences respond with clarity, accountability, and care rather than control or burnout.

 

Yanina Rivera Lopez, LCSW

Languages

  • Hablo Español

Personal Details

Role

Mental Health Advocate, Mental Health Professional

Pronouns

She/Her/Ella

Gender

Cis

Speaking Engagements

  • Healing Circles
  • Keynote
  • Lectures
  • Team Building
  • Trainings
  • Workshops

Past Talks

  • Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice & Systems Awareness
    Training for graduate-level clinical interns across the Bay Area & Michigan 
  • Labor Trafficking: Identification, Impact, and Trauma-Informed Response 
    Lead curriculum developer and trainer for a nationwide initiative through WestCoast Children’s Clinic
  • Reducing Harm in Anti-Trafficking Systems
    National trainings for multidisciplinary providers through WestCoast Children’s Clinic, supporting child welfare, probation, and community-based organizations
  • Recovery-Oriented & Trauma-Informed Peer Support
    Curriculum development and training for California’s Peer Support Specialist certification program

Education

Cal State East Bay
  • MSW

Location

2608 Sacramento Street, Berkeley, California 94702, United States

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