Domenique Rivers

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), I work with patients from adolescence through adulthood, drawing on a range of modalities to help you navigate anxiety, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and recovery from trauma. I especially enjoy working with people who want to dive deeper within themselves, connecting their thoughts and physical awareness to help build a life they love.

One of my favorite quotes says, "I hope you fall in love with being alive," and I hope to create a therapeutic relationship and a safe space where we can collaborate to build a life you can fall in love with. Together, we can explore the beautifully mundane parts of life just as much as the extraordinary ones. I look forward to hearing your story.

Compassion, patience, and collaboration guide how I work with every patient. Meeting you where you are matters most to me, as I believe progress, not perfection, should be the goal of treatment. This belief carries into how I approach care itself. Using somatic approaches, I help you bring physical and cognitive awareness together so healing can take place as a whole, not just at the level of thought.

Our work together happens inside an environment meant to feel open and accepting, a space where nothing about you needs to be hidden or edited. Psychodynamic therapy plays a role here too, helping you understand how past experiences continue to shape your outlook and approach to life today.

I know starting therapy can feel daunting. That's why I focus on creating a calm space, one where you can relax, be yourself, and explore every part of your life.

Prior to beginning my journey to become a therapist, I started out as a patient on someone else's couch in middle school. I used therapy as a way to overcome trauma from loss, changing family dynamics, and low self-esteem. In therapy, I learned how to work through my experiences and not let my challenges stop me, but instead let them grow me into the clinician I am today. Learning skills that had such a profound effect on me made me want to provide that same experience for others. I hope to be a safe space for you through your best and worst days, a place where you are always heard and seen.

I recently became certified in Reiki healing and am working toward my Advanced Biotherapy Certificate. Reading romance and mystery novels, listening to music, and playing board games with friends round out my free time.