Therapist profile
Dana Rivera, LCSW
Florida
LCSW - fertility and life transitions
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Florida / SW24840
- NPI1992698047
- Experience9 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationFlorida
About
- Fertility support
- Postpartum issues
- Anger and stress
About Dana
Dana Rivera is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on issues like fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, grief, anger, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Dana describes how her own experiences shaped her clinical focus and inform the way she works with clients.
Dana aims to help people who feel isolated by major life changes. She listens for the practical problems and the quiet feelings that follow loss or change. Sessions may include talking through identity shifts, caregiving strain, career questions, or the resentment and frustration that build over time.
Her approach balances direct conversation with room for slower processing. Some meetings bring clear insight and planning. Other times the work is gentler and more about sitting with difficult feelings until they feel less raw.
Dana works with women, birthing people, and LGBTQ+ families on fertility journeys and parenting transitions, and she supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and addiction-related stress. She also helps clients who want coaching around career or life purpose alongside therapy for depression and anxiety.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts sessions to each person's goals and pace. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session through the site's online options. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How evidence-based techniques fit into online work
She describes using evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address practical problems and intense emotions. Cognitive-behavioral style work can help identify unhelpful thoughts and shift everyday reactions, which is useful for anger, anxiety, and stress. Trauma-informed approaches focus on safety and pacing while helping people process loss and the effects of difficult life events.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they decide whether to focus on skill-building, emotional processing, or a mix of both as sessions progress.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as none are specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a workday break or longer sessions when time allows. It also removes travel time and can help maintain continuity when schedules change. The therapist and client will match on the practical setup that best supports their work together.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, grief, anger, anxiety, depression, stress, and life changes.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and blends direct conversation with slower, reflective processing to match each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience as a clinician working with people facing reproductive loss, caregiving stress, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
Dana is an LCSW licensed in Florida and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are session formats handled?
Current session formats are not specified here; confirm the available online session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost and how do payments work?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.