About Silvia
Silvia Rosenthal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She supports people facing life changes, relationship and parenting strains, career pressures, and compassion fatigue. Silvia also works with concerns related to LGBT issues, family dynamics, and isolation.
Her sessions are warm and empathetic. She aims to give an objective, nonjudgmental point of view while working together on practical steps.
Background and approach
Clients can expect clear goals and strategies tailored to their situation. Silvia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts and actions affect mood and behavior. She also draws on Client-Centered methods to build trust and Solution-Focused techniques to identify small, achievable changes.
These approaches are used to help with phobias, mood disorders, and adjustment to major life events. With ten years of experience, Silvia has helped people sort through work and relationship stress, blended-family concerns, midlife transitions, and caregiving or aging-related issues. She also addresses body image, cancer-related distress, and challenges like codependency and communication problems.
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese. Silvia aims to match interventions to each person’s goals and pace. Her style is direct but compassionate, focusing on what can be done now to feel better and function more easily.
Approaches and what online therapy looks like
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening-based approach where the therapist follows the person’s lead and helps them feel heard. This approach is useful when someone needs space to sort through feelings and decide on next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is practical for anxiety, phobias, low mood, and stress by teaching concrete skills to manage symptoms and respond differently to triggers.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable changes and on what is already working. It helps people set clear goals and build momentum by trying simple actions between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then recommend a path forward. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted over time based on what feels most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is close to an in-person experience and works well for deeper sessions. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a busy schedule. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, follow-ups, or ongoing support between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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