Therapist profile
Heather Silva, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Family and parenting
Continue with HeatherAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship concerns
- Parenting support
About Heather
Heather Silva is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with nine years of professional experience. She helps adults manage stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues among other struggles. Heather speaks English and works with people navigating parenting challenges and family-related concerns.
She focuses on clear, practical steps in sessions. Conversations are direct and focused on current problems. Heather encourages talking through difficult feelings and figuring out manageable changes you can try between meetings.
Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment wounds that affect how people relate to others. She also addresses body image, eating concerns, addictions, and issues related to kink and alternative sex culture. Heather helps clients name patterns that repeat and consider different ways to respond.
Heather supports people facing life transitions such as divorce, separation, fertility struggles, postpartum depression, or grief and isolation. She also works with concerns tied to family of origin, blended family issues, and communication problems. Sessions aim to reduce shame and increase practical coping skills.
Therapy with Heather uses a conversational, goal-oriented style. She asks questions, offers reflections, and suggests small experiments to test what helps. If you want to begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Approaches for relationship and attachment work online
Heather uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address relationship and attachment concerns. One focus is on addressing attachment issues and abandonment wounds by helping clients trace how past patterns affect current relationships and try new ways of relating in small steps.Another approach centers on practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress. This involves breaking problems into manageable parts, practicing short exercises in session, and testing changes between appointments to see what helps day to day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather will collaborate with clients to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in on what is or isn’t working and adjusts plans together as needed.
The biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm the available session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around parenting and work commitments, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time so regular meetings are simpler to keep.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does Heather help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, parenting, and related family matters.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Heather focuses on naming patterns, practical steps, and small experiments to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working with adults on a range of concerns including trauma, addiction, and post-traumatic stress.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California and practices there.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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