Lyvia Chriki, PhD
Offerings
I provide treatment guided by sound scientific principles and geared towards helping you build a life worth living. We do this by identifying what is important to you and building meaning in your life.
I specialize in treatment of teenagers, young adults and adults, parents looking for parent guidance, as well as new mothers struggling with the transition to motherhood.
What's The Struggle?
  • Difficulties in relationships
  • “Adulting”
  • Transition to motherhood
  • Trauma or PTSD
  • Parenting or needing support with your teens or young adults who is struggling
  • Issues related to adoption
  • Perfectionism
  • Difficulties letting go of control
  • Borderline Personality Disorder or overall difficulties managing emotions
  • Self-harm
  • Suicidality
  • Disordered eating
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
Specific treatments include:
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) including exposure therapy and behavior activation
  • Evidence-based treatments for PTSD:
    • Prolonged Exposure (PE)
    • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
    • Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Prolonged Exposure (DBT-PE)
    • DBT-PTSD
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Radically Open-DBT
  • Exposure Therapy and Behavior Activation