About Antonio
Antonio Wong-Rivadeneyra is a licensed clinical social worker in California with over five decades of professional experience. He speaks English and Spanish and helps people facing family tension, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and life transitions. He also works with concerns like ADHD, anxiety, stress, grief, sleep problems, and career frustration.
Antonio centers sessions on the person's strengths and life story. He treats clients as experts on their own experience and helps them connect with abilities they already have.
Background and approach
He encourages small, practical steps that build confidence and reduce the things that get in the way of joy. In sessions he helps people name patterns that hold them back and develop strategies to change them. That can mean practicing new responses to anger, improving routines for sleep, or finding ways to manage busy minds related to ADHD.
He focuses on useful skills people can use long after therapy ends. Antonio emphasizes collaboration. He listens for what motivates a person and then helps them choose goals that feel meaningful.
Over time he supports clients in gaining more control over daily struggles and in noticing the shifts that lead to better functioning. He views the therapeutic relationship as a commitment to the person's growth. When a client masters tools that work for them, his role naturally changes.
He aims to help people leave therapy with clearer direction and stronger coping resources.
How Antonio applies evidence-based approaches online
Antonio works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and insight. One approach emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior to reduce anxiety and depression and to improve mood and motivation. Another approach centers on strengthening practical skills - for example, creating routines to improve sleep, managing anger with step-by-step strategies, and organizing tasks that can help with ADHD-related challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Antonio will discuss options with each person and decide collaboratively which methods match their needs, goals, and day-to-day demands. He adapts techniques to each person's situation and checks in regularly to see what is helping and what should change.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video sessions support face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, message-based reflection, or flexible exchanges during busy weeks. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 51 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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