Beverly Rivard, LCSW - Therapist in Alaska

About Beverly

Beverly Rivard is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, life changes, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and issues around identity and trauma. She uses plain language and practical tools so conversations feel clear and focused. Beverly brings 22 years of experience and holds an LCSW credential in Utah and Alaska.

She favors approaches that build on strengths while addressing problems. Mindfulness practices and breathing techniques are often part of sessions to reduce stress and improve sleep.

Background and approach

Solution-focused conversations keep sessions goal-oriented and time-sensitive when that fits a person’s needs. Beverly also draws on existential ideas that help people find meaning during transitions. Hypnotherapy is used selectively to address patterns like sleep disruption or stress responses when appropriate.

She adapts methods to each person rather than using a single fixed style. She has experience working with both U.S. and international clients and respects differences in culture, gender, religion, race, lifestyle, and beliefs. Sessions often combine talk-based problem solving with short practical exercises to try between meetings.

Outside of clinical work she spends time writing and making crafts by hand. She maintains a personal mindfulness and qigong practice and integrates those skills into her work when helpful. Beverly aims to help people feel calmer, clearer, and better able to handle day-to-day demands.

She frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on real change and useful strategies.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-centered work focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It emphasizes listening, respect, and tailoring sessions to what the person needs. This approach helps when someone wants a steady, understanding space to talk through stress, grief, or life changes.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing skills to manage stress and improve sleep. These practices are easy to learn in a video or phone session and can be practiced between meetings to reduce daily tension.

Solution-focused therapy zooms in on goals and small, doable steps. It is useful for people who want practical change in a shorter timeframe, such as improving routines, communication, or coping with a transition.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Beverly treats therapy as a collaboration and will help decide which methods fit best based on the person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. She adapts techniques rather than following a rigid plan.

Online therapy offers practical benefits like flexible scheduling and easier access from different locations. Video calls let a therapist and client meet face to face; phone sessions provide a simpler option when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for short check-ins, quick coaching between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent during busy or changing schedules.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Beverly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and related issues such as sleep problems, parenting, career transitions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Sessions emphasize building on strengths and practical techniques. She blends mindfulness, solution-focused work, and meaning-centered conversations to match each person’s needs.

How long has she practiced?

Beverly has 22 years of experience as a counselor, social worker, and related helping professional.

What credentials and locations are listed?

She holds LCSW licensure: UT LCSW 12972640-3501 and AK LCSW CSWS1028, and she lists Alaska as her location.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 22 years
Licensed: Alaska, Utah
Languages: English

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