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Maria Rivera, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Trauma, Abuse Anger management
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I am licensed in North Carolina with 15 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, relationship issues, & trauma and abuse. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

Professional experience

15 yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Trauma, Abuse Anger management

Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Grief, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

NC LCSW C007456

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Maria Rivera. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Maria is great. I will continue to use her when I need another perspective or to work through issues.

Written on Mar 13, 2025 after therapy with Maria for 8 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and coping with life changes

I’m just 2 sessions now but I can tell a difference in my mood and feelings since the first session with Maria. She is a great listener and has a lot of patience to deal with my personality. Very professional and kind.

Written on Feb 23, 2025 after therapy with Maria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, anger management, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Maria is an awesome therapist, she listen and understand allow you to express yourself and gives meaning to what is happening.

Written on Jan 08, 2025 after therapy with Maria for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, and coping with life changes

Maria has been incredibly helpful in understanding and actualizing my goals with therapy. She listens thoroughly and allows me to express myself however I need. She has been exceptionally caring and provides feedback that is easy to grasp and apply to my life.

Written on Dec 31, 2024 after therapy with Maria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and adhd

Great therapist.

Written on Nov 26, 2024 after therapy with Maria for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and adhd

I loved having Maria as a thearpst

Written on Sep 18, 2024 after therapy with Maria for 5 months on issues concerning relationship issues, coping with life changes, and adhd