Ivanilda Silva, LICSW
Massachusetts · 17 years in practice
Ivanilda Silva is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 17 years of practice experience.
License and registration
- LICSW, Massachusetts
- 121715 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1134302714 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ivanilda
Ivanilda Silva is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 17 years of practice experience. She blends her background in social work and expressive arts to support people navigating stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. Her work is grounded in listening, practical tools, and gentle encouragement.
She holds a Master of Social Work and a Master of Arts in Expressive Therapies with dance/movement focus. She also brings experience from inpatient psychiatric settings and community group facilitation.
Background and approach
Her path includes creative practices like dance and laughter work alongside clinical approaches. In sessions she uses emotion-focused ideas alongside acceptance and commitment and cognitive behavioral strategies. She emphasizes understanding feelings, building stronger emotional connections, and learning small steps people can try between sessions.
Conversations are meant to be straightforward and centered on what is useful for daily life. People come to her for a range of concerns including depression, relationship struggles, grief, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and issues around intimacy or self-worth. She also addresses attachment and abandonment themes, codependency, and blended family challenges.
Work may include coaching-style guidance for practical change. Ivanilda offers sessions in English and sees clients in Massachusetts as well as people outside the country. Her way of working aims to combine clinical knowledge with creative practices so people can find clearer direction and more ease in day-to-day life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ivanilda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ivanilda names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How emotion-focused and acceptance-based work translate online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name their emotions, and then use those feelings to guide changes in relationships and behavior; it can be useful for people dealing with grief, intimacy concerns, and attachment wounds. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying personal values, accepting difficult thoughts, and committing to meaningful action steps, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and helps people build safer, more reliable ways of relating to others.The therapist treats choosing an approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about their goals, needs, and preferences, then try methods that fit. Adjustments are made along the way so the plan stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give several ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for emotion work and movement-informed practices. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, and follow-up between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and related challenges like abandonment, attachment issues, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends emotion-focused work with acceptance and commitment and cognitive behavioral ideas, along with a client-centered, expressive approach that aims for practical steps people can try between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has 17 years of experience including work in inpatient psychiatric settings, outpatient counseling, and community groups. She also integrates expressive modalities and facilitation of workshops and support groups.
What credentials and region should I know about?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - LICSW - practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are offered and can international clients participate?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that may be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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