Confianza Health
It's All About Rick!
Licensed Associate Counselor
Richard “Rick” Frisby is a Licensed Associate Counselor who graduated with honors from Ottawa University, earning his Master’s degree in Professional Counseling. Rick has years of hands-on experience counseling young children, adolescents, and adults. For Rick, counseling isn’t a job, it’s a passion! Before joining Confianza Health, Rick worked with the adolescent substance abuse population at ASAP, one of the most recognized and longest running substance abuse organizations in the state of Arizona. Rick has also worked with the substance abuse and SMI populations at a residential treatment center where he facilitated CBT and DBT group counseling, family counseling, and individual counseling.
Rick is deeply motivated to help people of all ages and walks of life learn healthy strategies for dealing with and managing life’s struggles. Rick uses a person-centered counseling approach, where he believes people are the true experts of their own lives and will collaborate with you to find solutions that work for you as a unique individual. Some fun facts about Rick: He owned and operated an in-home daycare for 5 years before pursuing his Master’s degree, is an avid basketball fan and former youth recreational basketball coach, an Arizona native, and a direct descendant of Noah Webster (the dictionary guy).
Richard Frisby, LAC
It's All About Jennifer!
Licensed Associate Counselor
Jennifer Ann Rizzo is a highly motivated and dependable professional with over ten years of experience in behavioral health and substance abuse treatment. In addition to her expertise in substance use disorders, Jennifer is skilled in addressing various mental health challenges such as mood disorders, anxiety, depression, grief, poor attachment, trauma, and perinatal/postnatal mood disorders. She provides a wide range of services for clients of all ages and enjoys working with individuals and families.
Jennifer’s goal is to assist clients in the development and achievement of their own goals, using a collaborative and integrative approach. This approach may include elements of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, dialectical-behavioral therapy (DBT), family systems, solution-focused brief therapy, and creative arts therapy. She is trained in various techniques, including trauma-informed care, DBT, CBT, and expressive therapies.
With a Master’s degree in Counseling from Grand Canyon University, Jennifer possesses strong motivational interviewing and counseling skills. Her diverse employment history has allowed her to gain valuable experience in intake and admissions, health insurance billing and contracts, team building, and customer service.
Throughout her career, Jennifer has demonstrated excellent interpersonal, communication, and supervisory skills, along with advanced computer experience. Her ability to work well independently and as part of a team, combined with her highly creative and methodical problem-solving capabilities, ensure she can thrive in high-stress situations.
Jennifer is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and has completed various continuing education courses to remain on the cutting edge of natural treatments and therapies. She is well-prepared to continue making a significant impact in the field of behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and mental health care.
Jennifer Rizza, LAC
It's All About Oscar!
License Masters in Social Work
Oscar Yepiz, LMSW
Has experience working with people suffering from disorders such as unipolar and bipolar depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, anxiety, trauma, and co-occurring substance use and abuse disorders, Oscar’s extensive background allows him to serve a wide range of clients. Oscar began his journey in behavioral health in 2003 working in group homes. He continued his work in behavioral health with residential and outpatient settings as well as expanding his education. He received his Bachelors Degree in psychology from ASU in 2010 and subsequently completed his Master’s in Social Work in 2016. He found his true calling as a therapist and advocating for the underserved. He has worked in multiple settings including inpatient, outpatient, in-home and in school. He has worked with all age groups from children under 5 to those at the end of their life. Oscar enjoys meeting people, sometimes at their lowest point and working together to improve not only their symptoms but overall wellbeing. He loves learning and connecting with his clients and their families throughout the treatment process. Helping people to feel heard and empowering them to be the driver of their treatment journey is his philosophy. He has dedicated his professional life to the pursuit of helping those with mental illness and eliminating the stigma of seeking help with mental health, especially in his own Hispanic community. Oscar is bilingual (Spanish/English) and driven to help each person he works with keeping cultural sensitivity a priority. He utilizes interventions that best suit each person to create an individualize treatment plan. Oscar utilizes techniques from interventions such as DBT, CBT, Mindfulness, trauma informed, solution focused and is EMDR trained. Oscar was born in Mexico and immigrated to the US at the age of 13. When Oscar isn’t working he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, watching Anime and traveling.
Oscar Rios, LMSW
It's All Cristina
Hi, I am Cristina Pasos, and I am a Licensed Associate Counselor in Arizona. I have over 15 years' experience working with children, adolescents and adults.
As a counselor my goal is to create a safe, supportive, and judgment free environment for clients. I have experience assisting clients with anxiety, depression, self-worth, self-esteem, grief and loss, substance use, anger, trauma, and relationship issues. I utilize evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavioral theories, motivational interviewing, solution focused techniques, person-centered, and mindfulness. I enjoy working with clients one on one and in group settings. I utilize a creative approach to building therapeutic relationships.
Cristina Pasos, LAC
It's All Sheila
I have been in the Mental Health field for 10 plus years and have been working as therapist for over three years now. My experiences include working with adolescents, Individuals, couples, and families. I have also become certified in Thought Field Therapy recently and have added this to some of my sessions with clients who really find it helpful. Being Trauma informed and having a whole-body approach to everyone that I see has increased success rates for clients in reaching their goals in life. I provide a safe, non-judgmental place to be in while working on your goals. Some of the types of therapy I use include: DBT, CBT, Thought Field Therapy, Expressive Arts, Neurofeedback and Trauma focused. I look forward to meeting you and assisting you in your journey.
Sheila Bucalo, MA
