Carlos E. Rivera, PhD

Our Center is specialized in treating people struggling with anxiety, OCD, anxiety, mood, trauma, and related disorders. Most, of our clients come with a form of OCD or anxiety.

Dr. Rivera Villegas specializes in the treatment of OCD and anxiety and related disorders using evidence-based approaches such as Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and other Mindfulness-based interventions. His area of clinical and research interests include the development, adaptation, and dissemination of mindfulness-based therapies.

Anxiety related disorders
Mood disorders
Trauma

Carlos E. Rivera Villegas, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and the Director and Founder of Functional Contextual Psychotherapy. His role includes providing individual, family, and group therapy to youth, adults, and parents, as well as training clinicians.

Dr. Rivera Villegas completed his Ph.D. at Suffolk University in Boston, and his clinical internship at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance. He has also worked and trained at various settings including The New England Center for OCD and Anxiety, The Child and Adolescent OCD Institute at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, The Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, and Boston Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Rivera Villegas’ area of clinical and research interests include the development, adaptation, and dissemination of mindfulness-based therapies. As a Latinx, he provides services to Spanish speaking individuals and families. He has also participated in the Spanish OCD conference.