Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Sara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LISW-CP, LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sara
Sara Da Silva is a licensed social worker who offers supportive psychotherapy for adults. She is listed as LISW-CP and LCSW and provides care in North Carolina. Sara speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese and focuses on practical coping skills for everyday struggles.
Sara emphasizes a collaborative relationship. She asks about each person's story and works side by side with them. Sessions focus on building tools and skills people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. She uses methods that help people change unhelpful patterns and manage intense emotions. That can include learning new ways to respond to stress, handling grief, or addressing anger and addiction-related concerns.
She also supports people with mood concerns like depression or bipolar symptoms. Sara has worked with older adults and people facing medical or caregiving changes. Her background includes helping individuals adjust to assisted living, cope with chronic illness, and manage emotional responses tied to physical disability.
She also has experience with substance use issues and mild autism spectrum-related concerns. In sessions she aims to keep things focused and strengths-based. Conversations often include small, practical steps, communication techniques, and coping strategies.
The goal is to make progress that feels realistic and fits each person’s life.
What Sara works with
Everything Sara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
Approaches Sara lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapy approaches you can use online
Sara commonly draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without fighting them and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, grief, and ongoing life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. It often helps with anxiety, depression, anger, and addictive behaviors.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try methods that fit their situation. Sessions adapt as progress is made so the plan evolves with the client's needs.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when interaction matters. Phone sessions can be a lighter option that requires less bandwidth. Live chat or text works well for brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when writing out thoughts helps. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules and help people continue care across distances.
Questions people ask about Sara
What concerns does this therapist address?
Sara helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, and career or life changes. She also focuses on aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, body image, and immigration-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, interactive, and solution focused. Sessions are strengths based and aim to teach practical coping skills people can use between appointments.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, addiction, geriatric adjustment, and emotional issues tied to medical conditions and life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds SC LISW-CP and NC LCSW credentials and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions delivered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.