Jasmine Rivera MS, LPC Associate

Trauma doesn’t always look like a crisis. You may be functioning well while still feeling on edge, disconnected, stuck in old patterns, or reacting to things you thought you had moved past. I help adults process traumatic experiences, reduce the hold they have on everyday life, and build a greater sense of safety and control. When appropriate, our work may include Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) or EMDR.

Military and service life can come with experiences that aren’t always easy to explain to someone outside that world. I work with service members, veterans, first responders, and their partners around trauma, transitions, relationships, identity, and the pressure to keep functioning. My graduate specialization in Military Families & Culture, along with my personal connection to this community, informs care that respects the realities of service life.

Pregnancy and postpartum can bring emotions that don’t match what you expected this chapter to feel like. I support clients experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, birth trauma, identity shifts, difficult transitions, or simply not feeling like themselves. Therapy can make room for the complicated parts of this season without judgment while helping you find more steadiness, confidence, and connection to yourself.

Pregnancy and postpartum can bring emotions that don’t match what you expected this chapter to feel like. I support clients experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, birth trauma, identity shifts, difficult transitions, or simply not feeling like themselves. Therapy can make room for the complicated parts of this season without judgment while helping you find more steadiness, confidence, and connection to yourself.

EMDR can help the brain process experiences that still feel emotionally “stuck,” even when you logically know they are in the past. I use EMDR with clients whose past experiences continue to influence their emotions, beliefs, relationships, or responses in the present. Treatment is paced carefully, with attention to preparation, stabilization, and each client’s readiness. I am EMDR trained.

Sometimes change begins with understanding the connection between what you think, what you feel, and what you do. I use CBT to help clients recognize patterns that may be reinforcing anxiety, perfectionism, self-criticism, avoidance, or burnout and develop more helpful ways of responding. I integrate CBT flexibly rather than treating it as a one-size-fits-all formula.

ART is one of the approaches I use to help clients work through distressing memories, images, emotions, and body sensations without requiring them to repeatedly retell every detail of what happened. I value ART for its structured, focused approach and the possibility of creating meaningful change in a relatively short period of time. I completed specialized Basic Training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy.