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Allyssa S Rivera
Art Therapist, LCAT, BC-DMT, MS (she, her)
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Brooklyn, NY 11238
Let's Connect (646) 718-9158
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Allyssa Rivera (she/ella) is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist with a decade of experience practicing in New York City. Allyssa (pronounced A-li-sha) provides a warm, embodied, and trauma-informed approach to therapy, inviting folks to creatively explore their strengths and needs as they address relationships, identity, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, substance use, life transitions, and other mental health challenges. She collaborates with clients to develop an environment that fosters safety, curiosity, growth, and radical acceptance of all parts of oneself.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Couple Sessions $300
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa, Zelle
Insurance
- Cigna and Evernorth
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Allyssa S Rivera
Art Therapist, LCAT, BC-DMT, MS
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 002211 Allyssa S Rivera
- In Practice for 9 Years
- Attended Sarah Lawrence College, MS in Dance/Movement Therapy, Graduated 2015
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Self Esteem
- Anxiety
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- ADHD
- Body Positivity
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Self-Harming
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Queer Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino ,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
Spanish
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples
Communities
Queer Allied
Ethnicity
Hispanic and Latino ,
Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Expressive Arts
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Relational
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Additional Location
Brooklyn, NY 11237
(646) 718-9158Nearby Areas
Cities
Counties
Neighborhoods
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Allyssa S Rivera
Art Therapist, LCAT, BC-DMT, MS