Costa Rica is a country characterized by its exposure to multiple natural hazards, which places many communities at risk of disasters. The National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Response of Costa Rica bases its work on a risk management approach, which entails investing resources in organizational processes, community preparedness, and emergency response. This chapter aims to examine the concept of community resilience in disaster contexts from scientific and institutional discourses in Costa Rica and broaden these perspectives by incorporating theoretical and methodological elements from community environmental psychology (CEP). These include participatory processes, socio-spatial bonds, and structural factors, such as inequality and power dynamics within communities exposed to disaster risk, with a particular focus on the community of Cachí. Building on these perspectives on community resilience in disaster contexts, a key challenge emerges, creating the conditions necessary to strengthen political participation among affected populations. This would enable them to secure a place in the local decision-making arena, critically engage with dominant discourses, and assess their living conditions and coping strategies through the lens of community environmental psychology.