Christiana Rivera-Magda, M.S.
Supervised by Nermeen Naguib, LMHC
Christiana Rivera-Magda, M.S., is a Mental Health Counselor (Limited Permit) whose practice focuses on anxiety, depression, eating disorders, identity exploration, and the emotional challenges that often accompany adolescence, young adulthood, and major life transitions. She creates a supportive therapeutic environment where clients can deepen self-awareness, strengthen emotional resilience, and move toward meaningful personal growth.
At Alary Health, Christi provides evidence-informed mental health counseling designed to help clients better understand the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Her clinical background includes several years at Newport Healthcare, a residential mental health treatment program, where she gained extensive experience supporting adolescents facing complex emotional and behavioral challenges. This experience has shaped a thoughtful and compassionate approach centered on helping clients build confidence, develop healthy coping strategies, and navigate life's challenges with greater clarity and self-trust.
Christi's academic training through Fairfield University and Southern Connecticut State University provided a strong foundation in modern counseling practices, psychological assessment, and client-centered care. Her therapeutic style emphasizes collaboration, authenticity, and respect for each client's unique experience. By fostering a safe and judgment-free space, she helps clients explore difficult emotions, challenge limiting patterns, and uncover the strengths that support lasting change.
Whether addressing anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, eating disorders, relationship difficulties, identity development, or life transitions, Christi's goal remains the same: helping clients cultivate greater emotional well-being, resilience, and a stronger connection to themselves and the life they want to create.
