Practitioner record · Checked 7 Nov 2026
Aviva Kovacs has been in practice 23 years and is licensed in Maryland. Aviva lists stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and trauma and abuse among 27 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from Aviva's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who Aviva works with
Aviva lists 5 specialisms and 22 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Aviva chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In Aviva's own words
Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.
Do any of the following statements resonate with you? You’re starting to have physical symptoms along with your anxious thoughts. You think that you’re the only one who is lonely. You feel stuck in life but you’re not completely sure why. You have patterns of chaotic or unhealthy relationships. You know the trauma is over, but it’s hard to move forward. You feel burdened with secrets of your past. If so, I'm here to help! I have expertise in working with anxiety, depression and trauma.
I have experience in both short-term, solution-focused therapy and longer-term therapy to best assist clients. I often give my clients individualized, practical suggestions to alleviate their symptoms during the very first session. Additionally, I am a certified trauma specialist and a certified adolescent trauma specialist.
I have over 20 years of clinical experience and I am passionate about my work. I take great pleasure in seeing my clients transition from feelings of despair to feelings of hope and strength. What makes me different? I’m very down to earth. I accept people with a lot of compassion, just as they are, without judgement.
Aviva Kovacs, on the BetterHelp listing · read 7 Nov 2026
03 · What happens next
Aviva practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Aviva's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Aviva at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Aviva is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Aviva.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
04 · Before you commit
Built from what Aviva actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Aviva's - Aviva has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.
“How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”
Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.
“With 23 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”
Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.
“How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”
On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.
05 · Practical details
06 · Provenance
Aviva's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 7 Nov 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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