Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hi, my name is Rika Lopez and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with almost 15 years of experience working with adults, couples, and families. I am a CSAT (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist) working with those who struggle with compulsive and repetitive behaviors such as pornography addiction, infidelity, “hook up” apps, and other sexually impulsive patterns. Not only do I work with individuals who struggle with these sexually acting out behaviors but also partners who have been betrayed or hurt in their romantic relationships/marriages.
As a Christian therapist, I find it also of value to work with faith based clients who feel immense guilt and shame due to their sexual addictions. Sadly many churches do not offer a safe environment for people struggling with sexual addiction to be heard, noticed, or even counseled. This is such a tragic reality.
My hope and prayer is that many spiritual communities will begin to expose themselves to real issues and start having difficult conversations with their congregation so people will not silently suffer and drown in their loneliness and isolation. There are tangible and practical resources to help you with your sexual addiction.
Aside from sex addiction clients, my work with those who suffer from depression, anxiety, and trauma have allowed me to gain further insight into their world which thus helped me become more effective in providing tools and techniques into their day to day functioning. Thru CBT, IFS, Attachment based, and Systems theory, we can dig into the core of where and how these unhealthy behaviors are coming from.
Therapy is a process so there are no quick fixes or changes that happen over night but I guarantee you that as you stay focused and committed, you will begin to see incremental changes in your life.
Let’s begin this new journey today! You are not alone in this. You are seen, you are noticed, you are heard. Allow me to walk alongside you so that we can begin to unfold your pain and hurt and get the help that you need!
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Rika Lopez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California with 15 years of clinical experience supporting adults, couples, and families. She holds certification as a sex addiction therapist (CSAT) and specializes in working with people who struggle with compulsive sexual behaviors such as pornography use, infidelity, dating-app related patterns, and other sexually impulsive actions. She also supports partners who have been betrayed or harmed in their romantic relationships and marriages.
As a Christian therapist, she works compassionately with faith-based clients who carry guilt or shame related to sexual addiction, and she has observed that many religious communities do not always provide safe spaces for these concerns to be heard or addressed. She hopes spiritual communities will begin to engage in difficult conversations so fewer people suffer in isolation, and she emphasizes that there are practical resources available to address sexual addiction.
Her broader clinical work includes treating depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, stress, family and parenting conflicts, anger, self-esteem struggles, intimacy concerns, and compassion fatigue. She integrates evidence-informed approaches such as CBT, IFS, attachment-based interventions, and systems theory to explore underlying patterns and support healthier day-to-day functioning.
She presents therapy as a process rather than a quick fix – acknowledging that meaningful change takes time. She encourages commitment and focus, and invites individuals, couples, and families to begin a collaborative journey toward unfolding pain and building the coping skills they need. Clients are reminded that they are seen, noticed, and heard, and she offers to walk alongside them as they work toward healing.
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