Angela DaSilva

Angela DaSilva is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress, manage anger, and find steadier moods. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making therapy feel manageable and relevant to day-to-day life.

She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting strains. Sessions center on identifying what fuels difficult feelings and building clear coping steps. Angela works with each person’s strengths to create small, realistic changes that add up over time.

Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and set goals. She aims to make sessions collaborative, inviting clients to set the pace and priorities. The goal is to replace overwhelming reactions with tools that help in the moment and over time.

Angela emphasizes practical skills for handling anger and stress, such as breathing and grounding strategies, clearer communication, and routines that reduce triggers. For people facing addiction or low mood, she focuses on structure, accountability, and relapse prevention planning. Parenting concerns are addressed by helping parents manage their own emotions and model calmer responses.

Located in New York, she offers an affirming, non-judgmental space to work through challenges. People who want direct, evidence-informed support and clear coping plans may find her approach helpful.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Angela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and problem solving. One common approach she uses teaches concrete coping skills for intense emotions, such as breathing, grounding, and short behavioral exercises to reduce reactivity. These techniques help people manage anger spikes and immediate stress in everyday situations.

A second approach centers on building routines and relapse prevention for addictive behavior and mood difficulties. This involves setting small goals, tracking patterns, and creating step-by-step plans to respond differently when cravings or low mood arise. That work helps rebuild daily structure and confidence.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the process. Angela collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and current needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan based on what works in real life.

If you prefer online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people practice skills in the settings where challenges occur. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises for online visits so practical skill-building continues between sessions.