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Stephanie Silva, LCSW

Based in Florida Online sessions

Supportive LCSW for parenting and life stress

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Years in practice
14
Credentials
LCSW
Licensed in
North Carolina, Florida
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Family conflicts
About

About Stephanie

Stephanie Silva is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people manage parenting stress and related life challenges. She works with individuals who are juggling childcare, grief, relationship strain, or the daily pressures of raising a family. She writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most for each person.

Stephanie draws on practical methods to help clients find clearer ways forward. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice what matters and take small steps toward it.

Background and approach

She also uses client-centered skills to make sessions feel respectful and collaborative. Her background includes many clinical settings and roles that shaped her perspective. That experience informs how she looks at family stress, caregiver strain, blended family issues, and parenting concerns.

She is familiar with trauma, grief, and challenges linked to identity and discrimination. Sessions focus on real-world tools and short-term strategies that fit daily life. Conversations often include problem-solving, behavior changes, and values-based goals that parents can try between visits.

She aims to make ideas easy to use at home. Stephanie recognizes that change can feel scary and slow. She works with each person to set achievable goals and to track progress.

Her style is direct, compassionate, and practical, with an emphasis on what will help week to week.

Focus areas and approaches

What Stephanie works with

Everything Stephanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Stephanie helps people with.

Approaches Stephanie lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

Approaches that guide online parenting support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values, which can help parents manage stress and stay consistent with what matters to them. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so clients feel heard while they consider changes in parenting or family patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns that interfere with daily routines and relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals and preferences, trying strategies and adjusting them over time. That means clients and the therapist decide together what to emphasize based on progress and comfort level.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy family life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can support quick coaching, reminders, or ongoing reflection between appointments. These options offer flexibility so parents can choose what works best for their schedule and needs.
Questions

Questions people ask about Stephanie

What concerns does she help with?

She helps people with parenting stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger, career stress, and ADHD-related challenges.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is understanding and interactive. Sessions emphasize respect, collaboration, and practical steps clients can use between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 14 years of clinical experience across varied settings including emergency and advocacy roles that inform her work with family and parenting challenges.

What credentials and region are listed?

She holds LCSW licensure with NC LCSW and FL LCSW and practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported and are international clients welcome?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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