Rika Lopez, LMFT

Rika Lopez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) with 15 years of experience working with adults, couples, and families. She specializes in helping people who struggle with compulsive and repetitive sexual behaviors, such as pornography use, infidelity, hookup apps, and other sexually impulsive patterns, and she also supports partners who have been betrayed or hurt in their romantic relationships. As a Christian therapist, she frequently works with faith-based clients who carry intense guilt and shame related to sexual addiction and advocates for spiritual communities to open honest dialogue so fewer people suffer in silence.

In addition to sex addiction, her practice addresses depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family concerns, intimacy and relationship issues, and compassion fatigue. She integrates practical resources and evidence-informed techniques to improve day-to-day functioning. Drawing on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), internal family systems (IFS), attachment-based approaches, and systems theory, she helps clients explore the origins of unhealthy patterns and develop skills to change them. She frames therapy as a process that yields incremental progress through focused, committed work and invites those who feel isolated to begin a new journey toward relief, connection, and clearer coping strategies.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Rika Lopez

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relational patterns shape current bonds and emotional responses. It helps clients understand triggers in relationships, rebuild trust after betrayal, and develop healthier ways of connecting with partners and family members.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured approach that identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with practical strategies and skills. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and for changing compulsive behaviors by teaching concrete coping tools.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a collaborative, respectful relationship where the therapist follows the client’s lead and supports self-directed growth. This approach is useful for people seeking a nonjudgmental space to explore values, identity, and emotional healing.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Rika works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She and the client review progress and adjust strategies together to support meaningful change.

Online therapy with Rika is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home, reduce travel time, and allow ongoing support that fits into daily life.