Jessica Rivera, LCSW, Therapist in Warwick, Rhode Island

Jessica Rivera helps children, adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors throughout Rhode Island navigate life’s challenges with compassion, clarity, and evidence-based mental health care. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at LifeStance Health, she provides individual and family therapy tailored to each person’s unique experiences, strengths, and goals. Jessica is committed to building a supportive therapeutic relationship where clients feel safe exploring concerns, developing coping skills, and creating meaningful change. Jessica specializes in helping individuals manage anxiety, depression, and PTSD/trauma. She understands that emotional and behavioral health challenges can affect every aspect of life, including relationships, school performance, work responsibilities, and overall well-being. Her approach is collaborative and personalized, empowering clients to better understand their experiences while developing effective strategies to move forward. In addition to her primary specialties, she supports individuals facing a variety of mental health concerns and life transitions. Jessica is especially passionate about helping people work through anxiety, depression, and trauma-related challenges. She recognizes the courage it takes to seek support and believes healing occurs when clients feel both understood and empowered. Whether addressing the impact of past experiences, overwhelming stress, or persistent emotional struggles, she helps clients build resilience, strengthen self-awareness, and develop practical tools for long-term wellness. Her therapeutic approach incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based techniques, while drawing from additional evidence-based interventions when appropriate. Jessica works with both individuals and families and treats a broad range of concerns beyond her primary focus areas, including ADHD, childhood behavior issues, grief, eating disorders, substance use concerns, health-related challenges, school avoidance, and women’s mental health issues. Jessica earned degrees from East Texas A&M University and Northwestern State University. She is dedicated to providing thoughtful, client-centered care that balances clinical expertise with genuine compassion, helping clients make progress at every stage of life. Outside of her clinical work, Jessica enjoys reading and diamond painting. These creative and reflective activities help her maintain balance and reinforce the value of self-care and personal growth.