Rita "Elizabeth" Kovacevich, LMFT

Rita "Elizabeth" Kovacevich is a California-licensed therapist with 40 years of professional counseling experience. She holds the LMFT credential - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - a qualification that reflects specialized training in working with individuals, couples, and families. Throughout her career she has supported people coping with stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and the challenges of life transitions.

She brings extensive experience in couples work, helping partners examine interaction patterns and strengthen communication, emotional closeness, shared responsibilities, and intimacy. Her practice centers on the belief that each person is the expert in their own life story and already possesses many strengths that can be used to navigate hardships. Rita works collaboratively with clients to identify and build on those strengths while offering practical guidance and encouragement through periods of loss, conflict, and change.

Grounded in long-term clinical practice, Rita emphasizes a respectful, empowering approach that aims to help people develop tools that align with their goals and circumstances. Her background supports a steady, considerate presence for individuals and couples addressing personal and relational concerns.