About Kristen
Kristen Silva is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She brings six years of experience across graduate training, associate work, and her LMFT role. Kristen focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or relationship strain.
She acknowledges how hard it is to reach out and validates that first step. Her work centers on practical conversation and steady support. She treats trauma and abuse effects, post-traumatic stress, and the fallout of guilt and shame in everyday life.
Background and approach
She also helps people who struggle with self-esteem, body image, self-love, and motivation. Sessions often focus on clear goals and small, doable steps. Kristen listens for strengths in each person’s story and helps build on what already works.
She uses everyday language and concrete strategies so progress feels attainable. Communication problems and forgiveness are common topics she addresses, with an emphasis on improving how people relate to themselves and others. Kristen also supports people dealing with life purpose questions and social anxiety or phobia.
Her style is collaborative and paced to the client’s comfort. If someone is new to therapy, she emphasizes gentle beginnings and steady momentum. Kristen guides scheduling and practical next steps so starting therapy feels less daunting and more manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Kristen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach centers on processing trauma and the lasting effects of abuse so daily triggers become easier to handle and symptoms lessen.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristen will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend techniques that fit. Together they monitor what works and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or those who prefer not to commute. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging helps maintain continuity between sessions. These options make it easier to fit regular therapy into everyday life while keeping focus on steady, practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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