Sara Da Silva, LISW-CP, LCSW

Sara Da Silva is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Sara offers straightforward support for adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, addiction, or major life changes.

Sara uses a collaborative, person-centered style. She listens first and then works side by side with each person to build practical coping skills. Sessions focus on clear tools people can use between meetings to manage mood, cravings, or relationship problems.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and take values-based action. She also brings skills from dialectical behavior strategies and emotionally focused ideas when emotions run hot or relationships are stuck.

Sara has worked with adults facing depression, anxiety, bipolar mood concerns, addiction to alcohol or drugs, and trauma or abuse. She also supports people dealing with body image, eating concerns, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, and the transitions that come with aging or moving into assisted living.

Sessions aim to be practical and nonjudgmental. People can expect a warm, interactive process that focuses on strengths, small goals, and steady progress over time.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Sara commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include specific exercises and practice tasks that people can do between meetings to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change patterns that feed addiction.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and commit to small actions that matter to them. ACT supports coping with strong emotions by teaching acceptance skills alongside behavioral steps toward a more meaningful life. Client-centered work provides a respectful, listening-focused base where people feel heard and choose the pace and focus of change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining strategies from CBT, ACT, or other approaches over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper work and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging let people share updates and get brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and varied routines.