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Silva Depanian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Anger Management Counselor in Glendale and Pasadena, though she currently seen clients only via telehealth. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine’s School of Education and Psychology. Silva also received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Currently, Silva is dedicated to fostering a safe environment and providing individuals and groups with opportunities to achieve a balanced, more peaceful quality of life. She specializes in Chronic Pain Management, Anger Management, Anxiety, and Codependent Relationship Issues. Silva helps clients by taking a non-judgmental perspective, working in tandem with clients to reach their goals, and using an integrative approach to therapy, with a blend of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems, and Mindfulness theories and interventions.
As a Certified Anger Management Counselor through Anger Management Essentials, Silva facilitates Anger Management classes to both court-ordered individuals, as well as those who attend voluntarily or have been recommended by their family or workplace. Silva facilitates weekly Anger Management classes in Hollywood and Pasadena and is able to see individual clients in Glendale, Hollywood, and Pasadena.
Silva speaks English and Armenian fluently and strives to provide a comfortable framework in which clients can grow and discover a more balanced, fulfilled, happier version of themselves.