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I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with a diverse background in a variety of clinical, educational, and community service settings. My professional experience has included working with diverse individuals to identify their unique core values and build lives of purpose, creativity, and meaning. I offer a warm, accepting approach which emphasizes thinking through options, coping with uncertainty, and finding balance. I engage my clients from a strengths-based perspective. I specialize in helping individuals who have experienced trauma, are facing difficult decisions, stress, family concerns, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. I will work with you to identify your values and construct dynamic, practical ways to break old patterns, develop resilience, and solve problems. I have a holistic, integrative approach which views mental and emotional health grounded in a daily practice of self-care. I invite my clients to consider their lives and relationships as works-in-progress. It takes a great amount of courage to reach out for support. I expect you will have questions. The counseling process can offer you hope, renewed energy, and harmony in your life.
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I look forward to working with you!
Professional experience
6yrs in practice
Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteem, MotivationCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes
Additional areas of focus:LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Compassion fatigue, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Attachment issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Family of Origin Issues, Fertility Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Immigration Issues, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Multicultural Concerns, Post-traumatic stress, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young Adult Issues
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Rachel 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.
Always feel better after my sessions with Rachel!
Written on Nov 10, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning lgbt, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, and career difficulties
Rachel is always respectful and actively listens to my concerns and problems. I always feel safe going to her if I need any guidance!
Written on May 09, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Rachel Rivera changed my life by helping me work through severe childhood trauma. I would highly recommend.
Written on Feb 22, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Rachel is a phenomenal counselor. She reassured me of all that I needed to know after losing my son and mother within months of each other. She gave me permission to take the time I needed to grieve, work through the shock and cope with my new normal. I recommend Rachel, counseling, and Better Help to everyone now. Thanks Rachel and thank you Better Help for helping me live whole, again.
Written on Feb 11, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and grief
Rachel is amazing. She truly listens and recaps what you say. I enjoy it because hearing it back from someone else’s perspective is incredibly helpful.
Written on Feb 04, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, and self esteem
Rachel is extremely supportive and also challenges when she feels the client can handle it. That’s very helpful in a therapeutic relationship.
Written on Jan 28, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, career difficulties, and adhd
Rachel is awesome!!!! She is a great listener. She also asks great questions that really help tackle problems/situations from a different perspective.
Written on Jan 22, 2021 after therapy with Rachel for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
Rachel has been amazing. She is so understanding and caring, she truly knows how to make someone feel like they are being heard and things are being worked on with the upmost importance.
Written on Oct 27, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, and career difficulties
I really love working with Rachel. She helps me connect different issues and parts of my life that I’m not able to myself. She helps provide some clarity on issues that are confusing. She is calm and understanding and I always feel better after our conversations!
Written on Oct 15, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, and coaching
Rachel is extremely kind and easy to share with. I was hesitant to even take this step and seek any counseling, but Rachel makes it feel as if I’m just talking with an objective friend. She takes perspectives those close to me have never taken, so she is a breath of fresh air.
Written on Oct 05, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and compassion fatigue
Rachel is an amazing listener. She is excellent at “reframing” what you present— as if you present a picture and she turns it “right side up.” She is great at drawing out the best of what you probably say when you talk to yourself.
Written on Sep 18, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning family conflicts, and trauma and abuse
Rachel has been amazing. I never once felt so heard and understood. She doesn't let me wallow, but she doesn't talk down to me when she's explaining what I'm going through or helping me label my emotions. That's really rare. Her advice is always helpful!
Written on Sep 09, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, eating disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Rachel is exceptionally good at paraphrasing what I tell her. This is SO incredibly useful in a counselor because when we hear our own words back through someone else's POV, it allows us to shift perspective a wee bit. I'm SO impressed with her!
Written on Aug 25, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and coaching
I am so grateful that I began this journey, and I am glad that Rachel Rivera has supported me from the very first interaction. It was important to me that I not be just validated, but challenged to find the "why"s because that's where true change exists. I'm not for short-term fixes. I don't want to waste any more of my life living for other's expectations when so much of my energy already goes to helping others. My best friends noticed how relaxed I have seemed, and I even surprised myself when I watched a video recording and noticed that I found no evidence of stress in my face, my voice, my body language... It's amazing how balance can make you whole. Thanks to Rachel, I'm not just looking for balance, I'm manifesting/creating/leveraging it.
Written on Aug 14, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I feel very fortunate for this service and the guidance I’ve received from the professional I was matched with. I feel as if I have come a long way from the person I was when I started this process. I still have work to do, and I know with the guidance from Rachel I will make this happen!
Written on Aug 03, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, and bipolar disorder
I really appreciate the fact that Rachel relates to my feelings! She is very kind and she helps me to see the bigger picture when it comes to my life!
Written on Jul 14, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
Rachel offers a caring ear to those who haven’t been heard, she acknowledges your feelings and explains things in detail. I’ve appreciated Rachel tools and encouragement throughout this process of wanting to live a better life.
Written on Jun 08, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
I was afraid to do therapy again. I had a couple horrible attempts before. I'm so grateful my first match was Rachel Rivera! I immediately felt hopeful speaking with her. I've noticed a big change in myself and that's thanks to her. I feel no judgement. I feel safe and comfortable opening up.
Written on Jun 02, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Rachel desires to help me on all levels which is obvious in my interactions with her. She is caring. Not judgmental. She is also practical and helps me make sense of my situation.
Written on Jun 02, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
She is professional, attentive, very timely. She gives me precise customized work specific to my issues. They help so much. She is empathetic, kind, and really pays close attention to what I am saying. Grateful to have found her.
Written on May 31, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Rachel has been great! She has been very understanding of my situation and has offered me tools and learning opportunities to improve my quality of life.
Written on May 26, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and bipolar disorder
Professional, understanding, and helpful.
Written on May 23, 2020 after therapy with Rachel for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
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