Jacqueline Rivers, LMFT

Jacqueline Rivers serves as a steady guide for people working toward greater well-being and healthier relationships. She believes individuals possess the capacity to create meaningful change and brings practical tools, an objective perspective, and clinical insight to support clients as they pursue their goals. Her work emphasizes a client-centered stance combined with a systems-informed viewpoint, drawing on systems theory, attachment theory, and principles of neurobiology to shape treatment.

Jacqueline is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New Mexico - LMFT is the credential for a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She earned a Master of Science in Family and Child Science with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from New Mexico State University and a Bachelor of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. She has provided therapy for over 9 years to individuals, couples, and families, most often addressing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship conflict across romantic and family relationships, and cancer-related concerns.

Her additional training includes work in attachment issues, self-harm intervention, suicide prevention, neurobiology, and trauma. Jacqueline is also EMDRIA trained in EMDR, a structured approach often used for processing traumatic memories. She blends evidence-informed methods with a collaborative, compassionate style to help people navigate change and build coping skills.