About Sharmie
Sharmie Silva is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on relationships and life transitions. She uses clear, practical tools to help people improve communication, rebuild self-esteem, and navigate changes like separation or shifting family roles. Sharmie brings 15 years of experience to her practice and works with adults and couples.
Her background includes long-term work in school settings supporting teens and their parents, which shaped her practical, down-to-earth style.
Background and approach
She helps people talk through parenting challenges, family conflict, and the strain that comes with divorce and separation. In sessions she draws on approaches that focus on thoughts, patterns, and solutions. That means identifying unhelpful thinking, practicing new ways to talk with others, and setting small goals that add up to real change.
She also addresses deeper concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, and post-traumatic stress with sensitivity and steady guidance. Sharmie aims to create a calm space for honest conversation. People who work with her can expect straightforward feedback, concrete tools, and steady support for rebuilding self-love and confidence.
She encourages skills that carry into everyday life so progress can continue between meetings. Located in California, Sharmie offers therapy in English. Her approach is collaborative and practical, helping clients find realistic steps forward when relationships or life changes feel overwhelming.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Sharmie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behavior in practical ways. CBT can be useful for worry, low mood, and handling stressful life events. Imago Relationship Therapy is aimed at improving how partners listen and respond to one another by practicing intentional communication and repair work. That approach can help people repair patterns that lead to repeated conflict.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to create short-term goals and build on what already works. Together the therapist and client decide which approach fits best. This is a collaborative process and she checks in regularly to adjust methods and pace based on your needs and goals.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversations and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can work for brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care while balancing work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English