Modern Mindful Therapy

Carolyn S. Riviere Owner, LMFT, Registered Play Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist

E-mail

carolyn@collaboratecounseling.com

Phone

+1-720-708-4865

COAMFTE ACCREDITATION

The Master of Arts (MA) in Marriage and Family Therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education – COAMFTE

 

112 South Alfred Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 838-9808/
coa@aamft.org.

Background, training and areas of expertise are extremely important when choosing your therapist. I have an extensive background in trauma informed care and recovery; couples and family therapy; addiction, anxiety and depression in individuals. My modality of therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, (EFT) for couples is empirically based and offers long lasting change when implemented. In addition, I am an attachment based therapist which the client-therapist relationship is based on developing or rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions. An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers, usually with parents, and the infant’s ability to develop normally and ultimately form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult. Attachment-based therapy aims to build or rebuild a trusting, supportive relationship that will help prevent or treat anxiety or depression. I proudly hold the following certification or association membership:

  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  • Registered Play Therapist
  • Association for Sandtray Therapy
  • Commission on Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Education
  • Certified Sex Therapist
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My Story

My name is Carolyn S. Riviere. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Registered Play Therapist TM (RPT), and a Certified Sex Therapist. My focal modality of expertise and training is in Emotional Focused therapy, attachment based therapy and trauma informed care and recovery modalities of therapeutic interventions. I also have completed the training curriculum for a CACIII addiction certificate, working with individuals, couples and families struggling with a variety of addiction issues.

My undergraduate degree is in Business Administration, concentration in Marketing and a second major in Psychology. After spending 27 years climbing the corporate Fortune 500 ladder with organizations such as Xerox, SUN, Oracle and IBM, in a variety of Sales and technical positions, I have now combined my career and life experiences into my private practice of helping individuals, couples and families obtain work and family balance, recovery from childhood or adult trauma and addictions.

I am also a mom to a 27 year old son, 31 year old daughter and 10 year old granddaughter. My life journey has included single parenting, marriage, remarriage, divorce, major illness and recovery, midlife career change, trauma, discrimination in the work force, on and off the “mommy track”, coaching and mentoring thru and up the corporate ladder of organizations while balancing home and health, and launching several successful businesses including a therapy practice which has been my passion in life.

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My dedication to education, training, and years of life and therapeutic experience have given me the skills necessary to bring careful understanding, compassion, and expertise to each client's unique needs. I take my responsibility seriously and find the therapy process meaningful, rewarding, humbling, always intriguing. I look forward to working with each new client and family system. Together we can create an experience that will help solve problems and encourage personal growth; it can be life-transforming when working in a Collaborative process.

My training, career path, and specialties have involved my own psychotherapy, intensive study in attachment theory, emotionally focused therapy, structural family therapy, neuro-affective biology and a number of integrative psychotherapy practices, ongoing supervisory and peer consultation groups. I have trained with Jim Thompson , a renowned couple therapist, who is an approved therapist and trainer with Sue Johnson, the founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). In addition, I combine my Emotional Focus Therapy work with the work of Ester Perel, Terry Real and many other international therapists committed to families and coupling. My practice features a pluralistic approach designed to draw on the most effective methods of interventions for success in helping clients reach their goals as individuals, couples or within a family system.

 

You can find our office at 6075 Quebec St #203, Centennial, CO, 80111. Our hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM. If you need sex or couples therapy, don't wait to try out our services today! Don't forget, we also provide divorce recovery, blended family work and play therapy as well. If you'd like to schedule an appointment, feel free to call us at (720) 708-4865.

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Training, Certificates, And Supervision

Background, training and areas of expertise are extremely important when choosing your therapist. I have an extensive background in trauma informed care, couples and family therapy, sexuality and addiction. All of this background is supported by the most empirically based therapy modality, EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) for couples, individuals and family all deeply entrenched in attachment theory which places the individual in the context of his or her closest relationships.  An attachment pattern  or bond, is vitally important to our survival and thriving in relationships and how we emotionally regulate within ourselves and within relationships. 

In addition, from an individual standpoint, most of my training’s and career experience and expertise has focused on the  individual and the impact the individual has in relationships, couples and family systems.

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My credentials

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  • Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, Regis University, Centennial, CO
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Concentration in Marketing; Second Major in Psychology, December 1983; Colorado State University, CO
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  • Human Sexuality II & III: Disorders & Dysfunctions: 60 hours, towards Certified Sex Therapist, Sept./Oct./2018
  • Human Sexuality IV & V: Treating Adult &Juvenile Sex Offenders. Sexual Trauma & Abuse, 60 hours, towards Certified Sex Therapist, Sept./Oct./2018
  • Pharmacology II, 14 hours, CACCIII, 9/17,2018
  • Human Sexuality and Couples I: 30 hours, towards Certified Sex Therapist, 9/2018
  • AASECT 50th 2018 Annual Conference: Sexuality Taboo Pleausre Diversity Inclusion Identity, 23 hours, Denver, CO
  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, Adele Lafrance, PhD, 13 hours, 4/18
  • Addiction & OCD Gaps & Overlaps in Treatment: Sandstone Care 2/2 2018, Lori Johnson, LPC,LAC, 3 Hrs
  • 44thAnnual Winter Symposium Addictive Disorders& Mental Health( National Ass.,of Alcoholism&Drug Abuse Counselors)1/18
  • Trauma Focused Play Therapy: Simple Interventions to Help Youth Manage Traumatic Stress. (1) One Play Thp hour 10/18/17, Nicole 0-Pries, LCSW, CFTP
  • Pharmacology I/OBH exam passed. OBH approved Trainer, Ryan Kennedy, PsyD, LAC, RN, CACIII, 4/2017 (14hours)
  • Vulnerability, Authenticity, &Attunement: Regulating Ourselves with Dysregulated Clients. Bev Tuel, PhD. , 4/27/17
  • Principles of Addiction Treatment(CACIII cert/Training), Noeticus Counseling Center and training Institute, 4/2017
  • Infectious Diseases in Addiction Treatment (CACIII certification training), Noeticus Counseling Center and training Institute, 1/2017
  • Play Therapy Interventions for the Sexually Abused Child, Jane L. Johnson, LLC, LCSW, PRPT-S(0/24/2016)
  • Trauma Workshop: The application of EFT, Trauma Couples (Kathryn Rheem, Ed D. LMFT 7/16, 12 hrs)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy: Core Skills Advanced Training: June-December 2016 (64 hours)
  • Early Psychosis Intervention: The growing national Movement &Why it Matters: Tamara Sale, Director, EASA Center For Excellence, Portland State University. Co. Office for Behavioral Health. 5/25/2016
  • Mastering Sixteen Key Habits of Emotionally Resilient People: Kateri McRae, PhD (7 CE)
  • Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy: Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S: Play Therapy Institute of CO, Boulder (18CE)
  • Somatic Psychotherapy: Exploring the Role of the Body, Sensation, & Movement in Counseling (15 Contact Hours) Noeticus Counseling & training Institute, September 2015
  • Shame & Self Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma (8.0 Contact Hours) Janina Fisher, PhD. PESI Training, September 2015
  • Motivational Interviewing (15.0 Contact Hours) Noeticus Counseling & training Institute, September 2015
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy(EFT) Externship Training: May 6-9- 2015(including trauma in relationships)
  • Experiential Play Therapy: Sexual Abuse: Training by Dr. Byron E. Norton: Office of Behavioral Health Community Behavioral Health, Colorado May 28, 2015
  • Pragmatic/Experiential Therapy for Couples (PET-C): Facilitating Emotional Intelligence in Relationships - 08/15 Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute (15.0 Contact Hours)
  • Transforming the Well-Intentioned Therapist: Understanding Trauma-Informed Counseling Practice Training (15.0 Contact Hours), January 2015; Noeticus Counseling Center & Training Institute, Centennial, CO
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Facilitator Training (15.0 Contact Hours), February 2015 Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute, Centennial, CO
  • Working with the Void: Introduction to Existential Issues for Psychotherapists (15.0 Contact Hours), Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute, Centennial, CO
  • Introduction to Gestalt Therapy for Mental Health Professionals (15.0 Contact Hours), July 2014 Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute, Centennial, CO
  • Trauma Informed Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics Training (15.0 Contact Hours), October 2012 Child Trauma Academy, Houston TX
  • Emotionally Focused Cor Skills Training: June, 2016/December, 2016: Centennial, CO
  • Mastering Sixteen Key Habits of Emotionally Resilient People, (6 CE's) Kateri McRae, PhD. 2/19/16 Centennial, CO.
  • Complex Trauma: Brain body Spirit: (1.5 hrs.) CCA Conference, 4/2016, Centennial, CO
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  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (2013 - Present)
  • Association for Play Therapy (2014 - Present)
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  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, State of Colorado, Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations, Centennial, CO
  • Certified Sex Therapist
  • Registered Play Therapist, Association for Play Therapy
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