Marie Silva, LCSW

Marie Silva is a Texas LCSW with 24 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, and address depression, low self-esteem, and motivation concerns. She also works with problems that touch family life and parenting. She speaks English and practices in Texas.

She uses straightforward, skills-based work to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try different responses. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps clients can use between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one approach she uses to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going and to test new behaviors.

Marie also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which looks at personal values and small actions that move someone toward a life they want. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on each person’s concerns and priorities. Mindfulness practices are offered when useful to reduce reactivity and improve attention.

In sessions she listens for what is getting in the way and then sets simple, manageable goals. Work might include thought records, behavior experiments, or short mindfulness exercises tailored to a client's daily routine. The aim is practical change rather than long explanations.

Her background includes two decades of helping adults with relationship issues, family-of-origin concerns, guilt and shame, infidelity, communication problems, isolation, and mood symptoms. People who want clear steps and regular progress checks tend to find this approach helpful.

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