- Relationship and family
- English and Spanish
- 33 years experience
About Silvia
Silvia Hernandez is a licensed clinical social worker with 33 years of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a bicultural perspective to sessions. She focuses on relationship strain, family conflict, parenting challenges, career stress, and coping with big life changes.
Silvia emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a compassionate tone in conversation. She adapts how she talks and plans work to fit each person's needs. Sessions are shaped around practical concerns like communication, boundaries, and managing upsetting events.
Her background includes long clinical experience helping people address attachment and abandonment worries, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and family of origin concerns. She also supports those facing divorce, separation, and domestic violence recovery, plus struggles with guilt, shame, isolation, and body image.
Silvia works with clients to identify short-term goals and realistic next steps. She helps people sharpen communication skills, set clearer limits, and make decisions about work or family roles. Her bilingual skills allow therapy in English or Spanish for speakers of either language.
To begin, a prospective client uses the site Start Therapy flow. The therapist will match the person and schedule sessions based on availability. Payment follows a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that guide online work
Silvia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer relationships. One common approach helps people identify patterns in how they relate to others and then practice new ways of communicating and setting limits; this can be useful for attachment concerns, codependency, and family conflict. Another approach emphasizes short-term problem solving and goal setting to address immediate stressors like career decisions, parenting challenges, or life transitions; this approach breaks larger problems into small, manageable steps.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a team effort. Silvia will discuss what matters most to the person, try methods that fit their goals, and adjust the plan over time. The process is collaborative so the client and therapist can find what works in practice rather than relying on a single method.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, remove travel time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people continue work with a licensed professional from different locations within California, while scheduling around work or caregiving responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
33+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with relationship strain, family conflict, parenting issues, career stress, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment, abandonment, blended family issues, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Sessions focus on practical conversation and problem solving. Silvia tailors dialogue and plans to each person and works on communication, boundaries, and decision-making.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 33 years of professional experience providing clinical support and counseling in a variety of settings.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, in California and practices within that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to accommodate bilingual and monolingual speakers.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.