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 works with adults and people in the geriatric population. Sara aims to build a collaborative relationship and listens closely to each person’s story to tailor practical coping tools and skills.

Sara uses a warm, interactive style in sessions. She focuses on strengths and solution-oriented steps. Her approach is non-judgmental and aims to help people manage day-to-day challenges more effectively.

She often supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and addiction concerns. She also helps with grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, and career-related stress. Midlife crisis and coping with life changes are among the areas she addresses.

Sara has experience working with older adults facing medical illness, disability, and transitions like moving into assisted living. She has also worked with people on the autism spectrum with mild symptoms and with those managing substance use issues.

Her sessions draw on practical, evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and a client-centered way of listening. Conversations focus on concrete skills, values-based choices, and short-term steps that people can try between sessions.

How Sara’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It often focuses on small behavior changes and living in line with what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding feelings in relationships and building clearer emotional connection; it is useful when intimacy or communication are concerns.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and personal preferences and suggest methods that fit. People may try one approach or combine techniques to see what helps most in day-to-day life.

Please confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when needed. Some approaches translate well to remote sessions because they focus on skills, homework, and conversational work that can be done by phone or video when those formats are offered.