- Relationship challenges
- Parenting support
- Guilt and shame
About Silvia
Silvia Hernandez is a California-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 33 years of professional experience. She works with adults on relationship, family, parenting, career, and coping with life changes concerns, and offers services in English and Spanish.
Silvia speaks both languages fluently and brings a bicultural perspective to sessions. She listens for what matters most to each person and adapts conversation and plans to fit real-life situations. Many people come to her for help with issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family tensions, codependency, and guilt and shame.
Her approach centers on practical talk and clear goals. Silvia aims to address communication problems, control issues, and feelings tied to family of origin or separation. She also works with people dealing with caregiver stress, body image struggles, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
Sessions cover immediate problems and patterns that have lasted for years. Silvia helps clients sort through what they feel responsible for and what they can realistically change. She frames steps in plain language and adjusts pacing based on each person's needs.
Clients are invited to begin by describing the situation that brought them in. From there Silvia and the client develop a plan that may include short-term strategies and longer-term work on attachment, boundaries, and rebuilding trust after a loss or separation.
How evidence-based approaches are used in online sessions
Silvia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at practical change and clearer relationships. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replacing them with manageable alternatives; this helps with guilt, codependency, and day-to-day decision making. Another approach looks at attachment and relational patterns to understand how past relationships affect current trust and communication; that can be useful for separation, abandonment concerns, and blended family stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Silvia treats the selection of methods as collaborative and will discuss options based on your goals, needs, and how you prefer to work. She adjusts methods over time when something is not helping.
Confirm current session options before booking since the biography does not list specific online formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It can also let people use phone-based check-ins if they prefer not to be on camera or need a quicker conversation during a break from work.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with relationship problems, family and parenting concerns, career issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment issues, and guilt and shame.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She talks through what you feel responsible for and what you cannot control, then helps set practical steps to respond differently. The work looks at both immediate coping and longer-term patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has 33 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care. That span reflects work with a broad range of relationship and family issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a California LCSW and practices in California.
Can I work with her if I speak Spanish?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she take clients outside the United States?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.