Rivka offers

  • Psychoeducational classes
  • Ongoing support groups
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Workshops and speaking engagements
  • School-based programs for students, teachers and parents
  • In-house programs for organizations and professionals
  • Meditation and stress reduction classes for adults and children
Most of Rivka’s workshops/lectures can be adapted for a variety of group settings. Check for upcoming classes and groups.

Individual psychotherapy

In her private practice, Rivka combines the depth of insight-oriented and mindfulness-based psychotherapies with practical tools that everyone can use to liberate themselves from food, weight and body image issues and their underlying causes. Her many satisfied clients include adolescents, college-aged women and men, adults, and couples.

With her help, clients move quickly beyond their focus on food and body image and figure out what is really bothering them. She teaches critical skills for compassionately identifying, experiencing, understanding and expressing emotions as an alternative to turning to food.

Most people who have worked with her no longer need to diet. Their relationship to food normalizes. They no longer believe that food or their bodies are the major problems in their lives. Their thoughts around food are more rational and healthy, they treat their bodies with greater respect, they move their bodies in healthy ways, and they care for themselves emotionally and physically without turning to food.

Areas of expertise
  • Binge eating disorder
  • Bulimia
  • Anorexia
  • Chronic dieting
  • Compulsive exercising
  • Negative body image and body dysmorphic disorders
  • And those who have had or are considering weight loss surgery

In her general practice she also treats issues underlying these disorders:
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Low self-esteem
  • Trauma
  • Grief
  • Relationship issues
Rivka’s private practice is in Medford, Massachusetts, in the Greater Boston area. Her office is near Tufts University, accessible by T. Rivka offers phone sessions for people from out of state.