DR Portrait of Dana Rivera

Dana Rivera, LCSW

Support for anxiety and life transitions

9 years in practice · based in Florida · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Dana

Dana Rivera is a licensed clinical social worker with nine years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters most. Her work often centers on issues around fertility, pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum depression, caregiving strain, and finding life purpose.

Dana's own experience with fertility challenges and pregnancy loss shaped her clinical focus. That lived experience informs how she holds space for people navigating grief, identity shifts, and role changes.

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Background and approach

She aims to reduce the pressure clients feel to appear fine and instead invites honest discussion of hard emotions. In sessions she balances practical problem-solving with emotional support. Some meetings look like coaching and planning.

Others are quieter, aimed at bearing loss or sorting through confusing feelings. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Dana helps clients set small, realistic goals while naming progress along the way.

She pays attention to how stress and caregiving demands affect mood, relationships, and daily functioning. Dana practices in Florida and meets with people in English. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

She invites people to reach out when they want steady support through big transitions or ongoing stress.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Many of Dana's methods focus on practical steps and emotional processing. One common approach uses problem-focused coaching to set clear, achievable goals for work, caregiving, or life transitions. This helps people break big changes into small tasks and track progress over time.

She also emphasizes grief-informed support for people facing fertility loss, pregnancy-related challenges, or major identity shifts. Those sessions allow space to name loss, process complicated feelings, and find ways to move forward that feel authentic. A third approach draws on stress-management techniques to reduce anxiety and burnout by building routines, setting boundaries, and practicing self-care skills.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Dana asks about needs, goals, and personal preferences and adjusts methods as therapy progresses. She works with each person to try strategies and see what helps most in daily life.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people have a full-session conversation; phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited; chat or texting can work for brief check-ins or when someone needs flexible timing. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or medical appointments and support ongoing contact between meetings.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Dana often address?
She helps with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, anger, career questions, and coping with life changes. There is also a focus on fertility issues, pregnancy and childbirth, and postpartum challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions combine practical coaching with emotional support. Dana works at a pace clients can handle and helps set small, achievable goals while also making space for hard feelings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience as a clinician. Her personal experience with fertility and loss has also influenced her focus and approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Dana meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
9 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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