Makeena Rivers, LMSW
Message from Makeena
I am here to support you in your journey towards deepened self awareness and discovery. If you are looking to recognize and grow through challenging circumstances, uncomfortable emotions, or unfulfilled goals, I look to hold a soft honest space for the clients I work with to enrich this growth. Our emotional wellbeing deserves thorough attention and care. My clients unpack the complexity of anxiety, depression, familial issues, grief, life transitions, trauma, relational stress, racial injustice, and oppression. I also work with clients who aren’t sure what draws them to therapy but are looking to find out. I use a trauma-informed, empathic, eclectic approach engaging methods derived from Internal Family Systems, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness practices. As a therapist, I take a relational orientation to our work and I build off of your strengths to support you in reaching your goals. Exploring tools to improve your life is a powerful sign of self love and insight. You deserve to be proud of yourself for considering therapy.
About Makeena's practice
Weekdays After 5pm
Weekdays 9am - 5pm
$$
Sliding scale
Directive
Reflective
Body-based
In-person available: No
Virtual available: Yes
Trauma
Anxiety
Life Transitions
Social Justice
Self-Reflection
Race-Related Stress
Perfectionism
Self-Esteem
Out of network providers
NY
Why state matters
Get to Know Makeena
From your perspective, what is therapy?
Therapy is a space dedicated to nourishing all the different parts of yourself in order to improve your general wellbeing. It is where people come to face the questions, anxieties, or pain that they are unsure of how to approach alone. Therapy can also serve as a space for deepened self discovery. It is meant to be a safe, empathic space to tend to the patterns or barriers that may feel like they are ruling your life. It is a place to grieve, to release, and to process your internal and external world.
What is the best part of the work for you?
I love that this work gives me the opportunity to empathically connect with people as they take steps to more effectively navigate their lives. Watching those I work with move themselves towards deepened joy and strengthened peace is beautiful.
Are there any philosophies or values that inform your work that I should know about?
My work is informed by an anti-oppressive framework. It is shaped by an understanding that our cultural reality affects the way in which we navigate the world. My practice is informed by a recognition that there are many paths to healing and self-evolution. We will tread this journey in a way that is curated to you specifically.