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- Fertility and pregnancy loss
- Postpartum and women's issues
- Stress and anxiety work
About Dana
LCSW in Florida with nine years of clinical experience, Dana Rivera supports people facing fertility-related loss, postpartum changes, and midlife shifts. She focuses on concerns such as self-esteem, anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma, grief, and caregiver strain. Dana also addresses career questions, life purpose, and women’s health matters including pregnancy and postpartum mood changes.
Dana changed her clinical path after personal experiences with fertility challenges and pregnancy loss. That lived experience shaped how she listens and what she notices in sessions. She offers a direct, down-to-earth way of talking through hard feelings and life transitions rather than relying on jargon.
Sessions can include straightforward discussion, practical coping strategies, and paced exploration of grief or identity change. Dana often helps people untangle pressure to “be fine” and to name what’s actually happening. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in ways that fit the client’s situation.
Clients can expect a mix of solution-focused conversation and space for difficult emotions. Some meetings are practical and goal-oriented, such as work on stress or coping skills. Other meetings may center on processing loss, anger, or shifts in identity.
Dana is candid about the uneven nature of recovery and change. She attends to caregiver fatigue, fertility issues, and the specific strains of pregnancy and postpartum mood struggles. Her approach aims to help people find clearer choices and steadier coping as they move forward.
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How therapeutic approaches are used in online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to help people manage emotions and make practical changes. For example, short-term skill building focuses on concrete coping tools like breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety and stress. These are useful when someone needs clearer day-to-day ways to manage feelings.Another common approach is grief-focused processing, which supports naming loss, tolerating painful feelings, and finding ways to remember and adapt. This approach is suited to fertility loss, pregnancy loss, or other life transitions where people need to work through sorrow and change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they will try methods that fit those goals and adjust as needed rather than sticking rigidly to one technique.
Confirm session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or avoid travel time. Therapists can also adapt pacing and techniques to phone or video sessions depending on the client's needs and the available format.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she support?
Dana supports self-esteem, anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, career questions, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on caregiver stress, fertility issues, pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum depression, life purpose, and women's issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a practical, straightforward manner that combines goal-focused conversation with time to process emotions. Sessions can include coping skills, problem-solving, and paced exploration of difficult feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of clinical experience. That experience includes work shaped by personal fertility and postpartum challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida. Her practice is located in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and getting started work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.