About Jorge
Jorge Rivas-Carrillo helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. He works with clients on communication problems, attachment and abandonment concerns, and the fallout from divorce and separation. Sessions address emotional pain from immigration, caregiver strain, guilt and shame, and issues tied to family of origin.
Jorge uses practical, evidence-based techniques to guide people through hard feelings. He focuses on everyday skills - how to calm intense emotions, speak more clearly, and set healthier boundaries.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to be direct and respectful, with steps you can try between sessions. He has 13 years of clinical experience and practices in Florida as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Jorge offers appointments in English and Spanish to better match cultural needs and language comfort.
Clients may work through co-occurring concerns such as anxiety with depression, or patterns like dependent personality and control issues. He also addresses trauma-related topics including domestic violence and forgiveness in ways that prioritize the client’s pace. In sessions Jorge helps people build resilience and clearer self-understanding.
He supports practical problem solving for workplace stress, commitment worries, and parenting or caregiver strain. The style is collaborative and action-oriented, focused on what helps most in daily life.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Jorge uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is skills-based emotion regulation, which teaches tools to manage intense feelings and reduce reactivity. This helps with panic, anger, and overwhelming anxiety by offering clear steps to try when emotions spike.Another approach centers on improving communication and relationship patterns. Sessions may include practicing how to express needs, set boundaries, and handle conflicts more directly, which can ease repeated arguments and commitment worries.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jorge will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. He adjusts strategies over time and checks in about what is or isn't helping so clients remain actively involved in shaping treatment.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish