About Ivanilda
Ivanilda Silva is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 17 years of experience. She practices from Massachusetts and blends practical therapy with creative approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on helping people take small, meaningful steps forward.
Before moving to Massachusetts, she completed a Master of Social Work and built early experience in inpatient psychiatric settings. Over time she expanded into expressive approaches and mental health counseling, while maintaining a solid clinical foundation as a LICSW.
How Ivanilda works
Her background includes work with adults facing trauma, life transitions, and caregiving strain. In sessions she uses straightforward methods drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-focused work. Conversations center on what is happening now and what the person wants to change.
She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, clarify values, and practice new routines that fit daily life. She also brings client-centered and emotionally focused perspectives to relationship and intimacy issues. That means listening closely, naming emotions, and helping clients build clearer communication strategies.
Practical tools and movement-informed perspectives can be used when helpful. Ivanilda works with concerns such as parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related struggles, body image, codependency, and career stress. She aims to make therapy approachable and useful, with each plan shaped to the individual's needs and goals.
People who want collaborative, creative, and pragmatic support may find her approach a good fit. She offers multiple online formats to fit different schedules and preferences.
Ivanilda lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Ivanilda works with
The areas below are the ones Ivanilda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Ivanilda’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while letting go of unhelpful struggle. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions; it helps people understand connection, repair ruptures, and build steadier ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person’s experience and pacing, with the therapist offering empathy and nonjudgmental support so clients can find their own solutions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process helps ensure the approach matches values, comfort, and practical aims.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into varied schedules. Video is useful for a more face-to-face feel, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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