Marie Silva, LCSW

Marie Silva is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low mood. She explains things in plain language and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life. Marie emphasizes clients' strengths and works alongside them as they make changes.

She draws on 24 years of practice to guide conversations toward clear goals. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what a person needs right now. Marie listens for what matters most and helps people identify small, reachable steps to feel steadier and more capable.

Her approach includes techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different responses. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and motivate meaningful action. Emotionally-focused and client-centered ways of working help people process feelings and strengthen how they relate to themselves and others.

Marie supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, family conflict, feelings of emptiness, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and issues tied to family of origin. Her work covers both practical coping skills and emotional processing.

People who choose Marie can expect straightforward talk, gentle challenge, and concrete tools to practice between sessions. She helps clients set manageable goals and notices progress along the way, adjusting methods to the person’s pace and priorities.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Marie blends cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment ideas, and client-centered listening into online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and testing them with small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or low mood. Acceptance and commitment work helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. Client-centered therapy emphasizes being heard and understood, giving space for people to lead the conversation while the therapist reflects and supports.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Marie will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and tailor the methods accordingly. That collaborative planning helps ensure sessions use the techniques that best fit a person's situation and pace.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls let people work face to face without travel, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat can handle brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit work on coping skills, values-driven goals, and emotional processing into a busy life.