Rosario Lopez-Rivera
Compassionate, culturally informed care for personal growth
LCSW New York
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Rosario
Rosario Lopez-Rivera is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, identity questions, trauma, and related life changes. She centers cultural humility in her practice, meeting clients with openness and respect while recognizing how social and systemic factors influence emotional health.
Background and approach
Rosario offers bilingual services in English and Spanish to better reach people from diverse backgrounds. Her work emphasizes empowerment, validation, and collaboration.
She draws on a range of evidence-based methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused perspectives, and mindfulness-based skills, tailoring interventions to the needs and goals of each person. She has substantial experience addressing concerns such as depression, grief, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue, as well as topics like gender dysphoria, immigration issues, and blended family dynamics.
Based in New York, Rosario approaches therapy as a partnership that supports personal growth, resilience, and practical coping. She aims to create a non-judgmental environment where clients feel heard and supported while working toward meaningful change.
Approaches that inform online therapy and how they help
Rosario uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, low mood, and stress. CBT offers practical strategies and homework-like exercises that can be adapted to online formats. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns in intimacy and trust, which can be useful when addressing relationship-related concerns or identity development.Finding the right approach is collaborative rather than fixed. The therapist works with each person to clarify goals, try different techniques, and adjust methods based on what proves most helpful. This exploratory process honors clients' preferences and lived experiences and informs ongoing treatment decisions.
Online therapy with Rosario is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy periods or life transitions and allow people to access licensed professionals from their own locations while working toward tangible coping skills and emotional growth.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English, Spanish