Olivia Rivera (she/her/ella) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She enjoys working with individuals and families to develop their inner strengths and resources to navigate difficult times and live a more fulfilling life. She has worked for over 10 years in community agencies and school settings developing programs, providing individual and group therapy, and partnering with students and families to ensure they can be successful in the educational setting.

She has specialized training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to treat anxiety and OCD. She provides parent coaching to help parents develop skills and tools to support their children and is trained in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). She draws from the modalities of CBT, ACT, and DBT in her work. Olivia is a Certified Mindfulness Instructor and offers mindfulness practices in her work with clients as a lifelong tool they can access.

Olivia is passionate about supporting individuals on their journey to becoming parents, as well as during the postpartum period. She treats perinatal mood disorders, supports parents with identity changes that come with being a new or expecting parent and works with parents to develop sustainable support networks for their overall well-being. She has completed the Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care training through Postpartum Support International.

She welcomes clients to bring all of themselves and their identities into the therapy room, and she creates a trusting space for clients to understand themselves better. She is particularly passionate about working with Latinx, BIPOC, and LGTBQQI+ populations. She partners with her clients to draw upon and develop their strengths and uses a collaborative and compassionate approach to help clients determine what well-being looks like for them in all areas of their lives.

Website: https://www.therapyandwellness.com/