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Silvia Avila, MA, LCPC, CFMHE

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About Silvia Avila, MA, LCPC, CFMHE

I am a Psychotherapist and Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator.  I specialize in the treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress. Many of my clients have experienced sexual abuse. I complete Psychological Evaluations for Immigration cases.

Hola, soy Psicoterapeuta y Evaluador Forense de Salud Mental Certificada. Me especializo en el tratamiento de Depresión, Ansiedad, y Estrés Post-traumatico. Muchos de mis clientes han tenido experiencias de abuso sexual. Completo Evaluaciones Psicológicas para casos de Inmigración.

Silvia Avila, MA, LCPC, CFMHE

Techniques/Modalities

  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Breathwork
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
  • Client-Centered
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • DBT Informed Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFIT)
  • Existential
  • Experiential
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Harm Reduction
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Integral Psychotherapy
  • Integrative Mental Health
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Interpersonal
  • Liberation Psychology
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Pain Reprocessing Therapy
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
  • Person Centered Therapy
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychological Testing and Evaluation
  • Rapid Resolution Therapy
  • Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
  • Rogerian
  • Sand Tray Therapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  • Strengths Based
  • Trauma-Focused CBT
  • Trauma-Informed

Type of Immigration Evaluations Provided

  • Asylum
  • Cancellation of Removal
  • Extreme Hardship Waiver
  • T-Visa
  • U-Visa
  • Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Specialties

  • Abuse
  • Acculturation
  • Addictions
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Athletes
  • Attachment Challenges
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Behavioral Challenges
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Blended Families
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Colonialism and Capitalism
  • Communication Issues
  • Complex PTSD
  • Couples
  • Creative Blocks
  • Cultural Identity
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Family Conflict
  • First Generation
  • First Responders
  • Grief & Loss
  • Guilt
  • Health and Medical Issues
  • Helplessness
  • Highly Sensitive Persons
  • Hoarding
  • Identity
  • Identity Issues
  • Immigrant Communities
  • Immigration Evaluations
  • Infidelity and Affair Recovery
  • Inner Child Healing
  • Interpersonal Issues
  • Isolation
  • Law Enforcement
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Meditation
  • Military Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Panic Disorder
  • Parenting
  • Perfectionism
  • Personality Disorders
  • Physical Abuse
  • Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Issues
  • Restorative Justice
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse & Assault
  • Sleep or Insomnia Issues
  • Spirituality
  • Stress Management
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Systemic Injustices & Oppression
  • Testing and Evaluation
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Veterans

Office Details

  • Headway Provider
  • Online Services
  • Support Animals Allowed
  • Terapia en línea

Licenses

License

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

License Number

180.008964

State Issued

IL

License

Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator

License Number

55163647

State Issued

IL

License

LPC

License Number

11104 - 125

State Issued

WI

Education

Northwestern University
  • Master of Arts
Northeastern Illinois University
  • Bachelor of Arts

States Licensed In

Illinois, Wisconsin

Fees

Fees

$150

Insurance

Aetna
All Savers (UHC)
Anthem Blue Cross
Anthem BlueCross/BlueShield
BlueCross/ BlueShield
CIGNA
Harvard Pilgrim
Optum
Oscar Health
Oxford
UHC Student Resources
UMR
UnitedHealthcare
  • Aetna
  • All Savers (UHC)
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Anthem BlueCross/BlueShield
  • BlueCross/ BlueShield
  • CIGNA
  • Harvard Pilgrim
  • Optum
  • Oscar Health
  • Oxford
  • UHC Student Resources
  • UMR
  • UnitedHealthcare
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Practice Details

Therapist Languages

Hablo Español

Services For

Clinical Supervision, Individuals

Client Age

Toddlers / Preschoolers (0 to 6)
Children (6 to 10)
Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)
Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
Young Adults (18-25)
Adults
Elders (65+)

Migration Background

Child of Immigrants

Location

1200 W 35th St, Chicago, Illinois 60609, United States

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