Supportive online therapy for healing, change, and steadier days.

Fernanda Poyant is an independently licensed clinical social worker providing client-centered care for anxiety, addiction, peripartum concerns, trauma, depression, and life transitions.

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Practice at a glance

Fernanda Poyant

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW

Experience: 7 years in practice
License: LICSW1140462 / 2025
Session fee: $120 per session
Insurance: Insurance accepted
Languages: English and Brazilian Portuguese

Online & in-person

Licensed LICSW

Portuguese-speaking

Insurance accepted

Bio and Background

Meet Fernanda

Fernanda is an independently licensed clinical social worker who provides supportive, client-centered mental health care through online therapy.

Her clinical experience includes working with substance use disorders, anxiety disorders, peripartum concerns, trauma, depression, and major life transitions. She works with children, adolescents, and adults, tailoring care to each person's goals, background, and pace.

Fernanda is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese and brings a culturally sensitive lens to topics such as immigration, identity, caregiving, family stress, and belonging. Her approach integrates CBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, radical genuineness, and holistic practices.

This section can be expanded with Fernanda's own words, a professional photo, additional training, community work, and a more personal explanation of what clients can expect when beginning therapy with her.

Online therapy for clients in Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Support for anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and peripartum concerns

Care available in English and Brazilian Portuguese

Client-centered, culturally responsive, and strengths-based care

About Fernanda

Warm, culturally responsive care centered on your goals.

Fernanda provides supportive, client-centered mental health care informed by CBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, narrative therapy, and holistic practices. She also supports clients navigating Brazilian Portuguese language needs, immigration-related stressors, and major life transitions.

Supportive, client-centered care

Care is paced around each client, with attention to safety, clarity, and practical steps between sessions.

A safe space for healing and change

Care is paced around each client, with attention to safety, clarity, and practical steps between sessions.

Culturally responsive support

Care is paced around each client, with attention to safety, clarity, and practical steps between sessions.

Accessible online mental health services

Care is paced around each client, with attention to safety, clarity, and practical steps between sessions.

Services

Areas of focus

Fernanda works with children, adolescents, and adults through online therapy. These areas are presented as a guide to her experience, not as a promise of a specific outcome.