Dr. Deborah Riviere

I am a cognitive therapist, trained at the Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy, with over 25 years of experience in individual and group therapy and clinical supervision. I am effective in engaging individuals, adolescents and couples in learning skills: to strengthen overall coping abilities, to improve relationships, to achieve valued life goals, and to become their own therapists. Clients that I work with praise not only my skills and competence but also my warmth and wisdom. I specialize in treating anxiety and depression; generalized anxiety disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; obsessive compulsive disorder; substance abuse; compulsive and addictive disorders; problems with anger and impulse control; stress management; low self esteem; and couples therapy. Along with individual and couples therapy I am trained in divorce mediation. I rely on evidenced based techniques and strategies in the pursuit of teaching clients to become their own therapist. I enjoy using humor, metapho