Licensed in Iowa and Minnesota
National Register Health Service Psychologist #70595
PSYPACT, APIT #19392
Professional Member, National Academy of Neuropsychology

Crys (pronounced “Chris”) Rivers, PhD, LP, JD is a licensed clinical psychologist and practicing neuropsychologist. She earned her PhD from Arizona State University. She completed a 1-year predoctoral residency in Neuropsychology at Mayo Clinic - Arizona, and received two years of specialized training in psychovocational assessment of individuals with low vision, traumatic brain injury, and serious mental illness through Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration.

Dr. Rivers completed her APA-accredited internship, with major rotations in neuropsychology, Geropsychology, and pain psychology, and her post doctoral supervision at VA Central Iowa Health Care System. She received additional supervised post doctoral training in neurodevelopmental assessment in an outpatient setting at Central Iowa Psychological Services.

Prior to obtaining her PhD, Dr. Rivers attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, obtaining a Juris Doctor. While at UNC-CH, she wrote and edited for a health psychology and telemedicine journal. As a neuropsychologist, Dr. Rivers has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in the areas of neuropsychology, resilience, PTSD, and chronic pain.

Sample publications:

Rivers, C.T., and Phillips, W. (2022). Psychological Systems Perspectives on Resilience. In C. Markey and H.S. Friedman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health (Vol. 5).  Riverside, CA: Academic Press.

Infurna F.J., Rivers C.T., Reich J., Zautra A.J. (2015). Childhood Trauma and Personal Mastery: Their Influence on Emotional Reactivity to Everyday Events in a Community Sample of Middle-Aged Adults. PLoS ONE

Davis, M.C., Mun, C., Kotari, D., Moore, S., Rivers, C., Thummala, K., Weyrich, G. (2018). The Nature and Adaptive Implications of Pain-Affect Dynamics. In P. Karoly & G. Crombez (Eds.), Motivational Perspectives on Chronic Pain: Theory, Research, and Practice. New York, NY: Oxford Press.

Kent, M., Rivers, C.T., & Wrenn, G. (2015). Goal-Directed Resilience in Training (GRIT): A Biopsychosocial Model of Self-Regulation, Executive Functions, and Personal Growth (Eudaimonia) in Evocative Contexts of PTSD, Obesity, and Chronic Pain. Behavioral Sciences, 5(2), 264–304.