- 20 years experience
- English and Spanish
- Florida LMHC
About Silvia
Silvia Bibas is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with two decades of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, career challenges, and low self-esteem. Silvia believes clients know their own stories and brings steady support while they take steps toward change.
Silvia offers straightforward, person-focused sessions. She listens closely and helps people name what matters most to them. Conversations aim to untangle the immediate problem and build practical ways forward rather than rely on jargon.
Her background includes long experience working with relationship concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and caregiving burnout. She also supports those dealing with parenting strains, postpartum mood changes, and major life transitions. Over time she has worked with issues that touch identity and culture, including immigration and prejudice-related stress.
Silvia uses a mix of methods to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, emotionally focused techniques for relationship pain, mindfulness practices for stress, and narrative ideas to reframe life stories.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Her counseling is based in Florida and follows state licensure as a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC). To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
Silvia frames therapy as a collaborative path. She supports clear goals, small experiments between sessions, and steady steps toward greater confidence and connection.
How Silvia’s approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client’s own goals guide the work. Online sessions can keep that same tone by giving space for people to tell their story and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical steps to change thoughts and behaviors. That can include homework, thought records, and behavior experiments that people try between sessions to see what shifts. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work through painful feelings that affect relationships, and it supports new ways of connecting and responding to others.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Silvia collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts techniques as therapy unfolds so the work stays relevant and useful rather than fixed to a single method.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in can fit a lunch break, audio-only sessions use less bandwidth, and digital sessions remove travel time. These practical benefits help many people maintain consistency with their work between appointments.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Silvia works with a wide range of issues including relationship struggles, parenting stress, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, and codependency.
What is her style in therapy?
Her approach is person-focused and practical. Silvia listens first, helps clarify goals, and uses strategies you can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has about 20 years of professional experience working with people on stress, family conflict, career concerns, and related issues.
Where is she licensed and located?
Silvia is licensed as a mental health counselor in Florida and practices from that state as an FL LMHC.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.
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