Tara Riverso, LPC

02/22/2026

It’s been a minute since I’ve posted. Sorry for any typos, my phone is being weird
Something the general public should keep in mind right now. With everything going on in the media more people are going to start to remember being abused when they were younger. This started in recent years but now it will increase with the disgusting revelations we are seeing come to light.

This is actually quite common anytime something is circulating in the media. These 2 things happen:
1.The people who actually have been through that experience will be triggered
2. People with more serious schizophrenic type illness will be set off by this and start making connections to things that aren’t real. (Im going to do a separate post on schizophrenia.)

Lastly I like to remind people every now and then that females aren’t the only gender that get se*ually abused. Males also experience this. Werid factoid: sometimes a man might be sensitive to “gay” jokes and there’s a history of trauma there that has nothing to do with actually being homophobic. I have had more than one male client with this issue.
It’s just good to keep in mind in addition to us having to try and process whatever is coming to light, we’re going to be dealing with more friends who will be remembering things.
What a wild time to be alive.

02/03/2026

Anxiety & Stress Management Depth-Oriented Therapy (Jungian-Inspired)Mindfulness-Based supportSpiritual Emergence and TransformationPsychedelic Integration I am a psychotherapist who works with adults seeking deep, lasting healing. My approach is grounded in mindfulness, somatic awareness and the de...

02/11/2025

The theme of this winter in therapy is grief. This happens a lot, for large groups of people to be going through the same thing at the same time. Sometimeses it’s not even something huge, it can be three clients all talking about having to get a new roof in the samee week.
My former cop client called it “The public vibe.”
If you work in medicine or therapy/coaching for a while it’s not a surprise death literally or symbolically comes this time of year.
So I don’t know if this makes anyone feel better but almost everyone is having a more difficult time than usual. And honestly even if it’s not personal grief how much of it have we heard of in the mainstream media? We’re completely surrounded by it.
Traditional chineses medicine would say just as the leaves start falling off in November, people or other things may continue to fall off untill winter is over. But all of this has its purposes, to make room for what’s coming in our lives next. The natural cycles of life.
Hang in there. 39 days till spring.

10/20/2024

Advice from Tara the human and Tara the therapist: Go see stand up comedy!
Since I was young I’ve always loved watching stand up. I probably follow that more closely than I do actual tv.
There is such a therapeutic value to comedy. Watching other people be human and seeing their frustrations are the same as ours. Then watching them craft that into a joke or story where we can all relate.
I know I live in an area where I can see the greats easily but there are always non famous comedians out and about.

02/15/2024

08/12/2023

I love this post. I’m always warning against pop psychology. Please check where you get your information from.