About Sara
Sara Da Silva uses a collaborative, person-centered approach to therapy. She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. Sara speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese and meets people where they are with calm, practical support.
Sara focuses on helping adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy struggles. She also supports people dealing with eating concerns, anger, self-esteem or career questions, and those navigating life changes or bipolar challenges.
How Sara works
Her work includes concerns linked to family dynamics, blended family issues, caregiving stress, and immigration-related strain. Her practice emphasizes listening first and learning each person’s story. She uses acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior skills, and emotionally focused methods to tailor care.
Sara aims to teach tools and coping skills people can use outside sessions. Sessions are warm and interactive, with a strengths-based, nonjudgmental tone. She helps people set concrete goals and tries to keep work solution-focused so progress feels practical.
The pace and focus are adjusted to each person's needs. Sara has three years of clinical experience working with adults and older adults. Her background includes supporting people through medical and life transitions, substance concerns, grief, and mood-related difficulties.
She works collaboratively to help people move forward.
Sara lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Sara works with
The areas below are the ones Sara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LISW-CP, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Sara commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in online work. ACT focuses on clarifying values and building small, value-driven actions while learning to accept difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping strategies.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sara collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She mixes methods when helpful and checks in regularly to see what is working and what should change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit sessions around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text can be used for shorter check-ins, quick skill-building, or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to keep up with.
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