About Rika
Rika Lopez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who brings 15 years of clinical experience to her practice in California. She works with adults on relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction-related concerns, and the effects of trauma. Sessions are offered in English and Japanese and can focus on both individual needs and relationship wounds.
Rika’s approach is direct and practical. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to teach coping skills for anxiety and depression.
Background and approach
She also uses attachment-based thinking to look at how early bonds shape current relationship patterns. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help calm the body and reduce reactivity. Clients can expect short-term strategies and deeper exploration when needed.
Rika combines solution-focused tools with psychodynamic thinking to identify repeating patterns and the feelings behind them. She aims to balance immediate relief with longer-term understanding so people can make steady progress. She also has experience addressing compulsive sexual behaviors and the relational harm they cause.
Rika understands how shame and faith can complicate recovery for some clients, and she offers a nonjudgmental space for those processing those issues. Practical skills, honest conversation, and consistent follow-through are central to her work. Rika helps people learn new habits, repair trust where possible, and manage life transitions with clearer coping strategies.
The pace and focus are set together with each person based on their goals and day-to-day needs.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what to expect
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and helps people notice familiar patterns that repeat in intimacy and trust. This approach can be useful for clients repairing relationship harm or feeling stuck in the same cycles.Client-centered methods place the person’s experience at the center of sessions. The therapist listens closely, reflects needs and feelings, and supports clients as they find their own solutions and values. This is helpful for building self-esteem and clarifying what matters most.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills to change stressful thoughts and behaviors. It includes exercises for anxiety, depression, and coping with cravings or impulsive actions so day-to-day functioning can improve.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, symptoms, and personal preferences. That collaborative process allows adjustments over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online formats make therapy more flexible. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows a quick check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity during transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Japanese
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