Compassion
Every story is held with care — yours included. There is no version of you too messy, too quiet, too foreign for this room.
Rivas Psychotherapy began with a question — what would mental health care look like if it truly belonged to the bilingual, bicultural communities it served?
Dr. Michele Rivas opens her solo bilingual practice in Weston, Florida, after years of clinical training across the U.S., Ecuador and Colombia.
The practice begins offering specialized mental health evaluations for asylum, VAWA and U-Visa cases across South Florida.
The first associate clinicians join. The practice grows into a multi-disciplinary, bilingual team with shared cultural values.
Florida, New York, New Jersey — and a telehealth bridge to Ecuador for Latin American clients abroad.
The team crosses 15 licensed bilingual therapists, all sharing a commitment to evidence-based, culturally fluent care.
Alexandra Gomez, APRN PMHNP, brings bilingual psychiatric evaluations and medication management to the team — completing the continuum of care.
Therapy should sound like you — your language, your accent, your jokes, the silences between the words your family taught you. I built this practice so no one has to translate themselves to be understood.— Dr. Michele Rivas
Every story is held with care — yours included. There is no version of you too messy, too quiet, too foreign for this room.
Bilingual isn't an add-on. Our clinicians live the bicultural experience — the family dinners, the code-switching, the in-between.
CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, Gottman, EFT — we use what the research supports, adapted to who you are.
Sliding-scale spots, insurance, online care across four states, and a free first call — because the threshold to begin should be low.
Your first session begins with a free 15-minute call. Let's see if we're the right fit.