Silvana Martinez
Trauma-informed, culturally aware LCSW helping families
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed in
- Utah
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Silvana
Silvana Martinez is an LCSW who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and the effects of trauma. She supports clients who are navigating family concerns, relationship strain, and feelings of isolation. She emphasizes respectful, down-to-earth teamwork in sessions.
She brings a trauma-informed perspective to conversations about difficult experiences. That means she pays attention to how past harm shows up in day-to-day feelings and reactions. She also uses a culturally responsive lens, noticing how identity, discrimination, and multicultural background affect wellbeing.
Background and approach
Silvana often works with people from LGBTQ+ communities and with those recovering from domestic violence or abuse. She helps people sort through family-of-origin concerns, caregiver stress, workplace difficulties, and abandonment-related wounds. Sessions aim to make room for real-life problems and practical next steps.
Her approach is collaborative and nonjudgmental. She listens closely, helps clarify goals, and supports people as they try new ways of coping. The focus is on building resilience and clearer thinking at a pace that feels right for each person.
Silvana has four years of clinical experience and practices in Utah. She offers services in English and asks clients to follow the site's booking flow to begin the process. The first step is a short questionnaire that helps match needs and schedule the initial appointment.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Silvana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage trauma and anxiety and repair strained relationships. One common approach she uses is trauma-informed care, which helps people identify how past harm influences current feelings and reactions and guides gentle, paced steps to reduce distress. Another key focus is culturally responsive practice, which looks at how identity and experiences of discrimination shape struggles and recovery, and informs how goals are set and explored.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting as progress unfolds and new priorities appear.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full in-person-style session isn't needed. It can also help people stay consistent when schedules or locations change. Ask about session flow, typical length, and any technical expectations when you schedule so you can choose what fits your routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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