Elora Silver (she/her)

I have worked with survivors of DV and IPV since 2017, starting on the city's domestic violence hotline where I learned of many barriers and resources for folks with DV. Since then I have worked extensively with survivors of domestic violence providing psychotherapy, DV counseling, and case management. I am trained in safety planning and crisis intervention and have many community partnerships in this area. I am currently working full-time at a non-profit supporting survivors.

My work with survivors of DV has focused on ways to build and maintain healthy relationships with friends, family, partners, or community members and understanding that many of us do not have early models for healthy boundaries and relationships. I find great value in using the therapeutic relationship as a means of exploring healthy relationship dynamics. I have facilitated groups on navigating intimacy after violence and provide psychoeducation on this subject in all of my work.

I work extensively with survivors of PTSD, including survivors of DV, political violence, community based violence, and other traumatic events. I have training in DBT, ACT for trauma, trauma-focused CBT, and Internal Family Systems all with a focus on treating trauma. My current full-time role is providing trauma therapy to survivors of DV, many of whom also have experience childhood sexual abuse.

I have worked with survivors of DV and IPV since 2017, starting on the city's domestic violence hotline where I learned of many barriers and resources for folks with DV. Since then I have worked extensively with survivors of domestic violence providing psychotherapy, DV counseling, and case management. I am trained in safety planning and crisis intervention and have many community partnerships in this area. I am currently working full-time at a non-profit supporting survivors.

I have taken trainings on ACT for trauma with Emily Wharton via the CBI Center for Education and will be taking a 5 day intensive training this month.

I have taken a 4-day intensive training course on DBT and integrate much of this framework into my work with survivors and have been doing so for 4 years.

I have taken multiple trainings on this framework and have read up on it extensively personally. I also did my Social Work internship at a Family Violence program that exclusively used IFS as the primary clinical tool for trauma therapy.