Work with Joann Silva - BetterHelp Online Therapist

About me

I am licensed in California with 42 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and coping with life changes. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.

Specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue

Also experienced in:
LGBT , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Parenting issues , Self esteem , Career difficulties , Coaching , Abandonment , Adoption and Foster Care , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Attachment Issues , Blended Family Issues , Caregiver Issues and Stress , Codependency , Commitment Issues , Communication Problems , Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster , Dependent Personality , Emptiness , Family of Origin Issues , Forgiveness , Guilt and Shame , Hospice and End of Life Counseling , Immigration Issues , Isolation/Loneliness , Life Purpose , Midlife Crisis , Military and Veterans Issues , Multicultural Concerns , Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD , Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks , Phobias , Postpartum Depression , Post-traumatic Stress , Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) , Self-Love , Social Anxiety and Phobia , Somatization , Workplace Issues , Young Adult Issues Read more...

Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 42

Services offered

Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video

Licensing

MA LICSW 103396

CA LCSW LCSW14522

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Joann Silva. We don’t pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Written on Dec 02, 2022 after therapy with Joann for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, and lgbt

I was concerned about my first experience but Joann made it so positive for me it was almost like we we had know each other for years

Written on Nov 14, 2022 after therapy with Joann for 1 month on issues concerning depression, self esteem, career difficulties, and coaching

Joann, thanks for listening and putting me in a better understanding for my situation. You’ve given me clarity in a time that I had none.

Written on Oct 29, 2022 after therapy with Joann for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, and anger management

Joann is great! Thank you for pairing me with someone I can relate too

Written on Sep 01, 2022 after therapy with Joann for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes

Its very helpful that she is my age....I appreciate her kindness and willingness to listen.

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