Silenia Gil Rhoads is a bilingual (English/Spanish) Family & Systemic Constellations Facilitator and Focalizing Practitioner. Her belief is that the answers are already within us. That with guidance, we can get back to our inner knowing, heal from past trauma and wounds, and feel whole again. Things that are consistently on her mind at this stage of her life are the feeling of belonging, community and culture, connection (and disconnection) to land and the natural world, parenting and being parented, authentic communication, storytelling and writing. 

Silenia is based in the Philadelphia area of the United States. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela from a Venezuelan mother and Spanish father. Silenia immigrated to the United States at 6 years old and has lived in London, New York, North Carolina, the Dominican Republic, Seattle, and Philadelphia. Her extended family now resides in Venezuela, Spain, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, France, and the United States. There has been much movement in land and cultures, but they remain closely-knit, thanks to the lessons of their ancestors, and technology.

Silenia first began working with Family & Systemic Constellations for her own personal and generational healing. She decided to become a facilitator through the European Institute for Systemic Education and Coaching, with Cecilia Altieri. Soon after, Silenia came across Focalizing, a somatic embodiment practice that brings connection to the inner-knowing we carry in our body. Silenia became a certified practitioner via the Focalizing Institute with Nick Werber and Joanna Miller. 

Silenia holds a B.A. in Public Policy from Duke University and a Masters in Education, Public Health from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is trained as a Yoga teacher, studied Reiki and has worked in health, wellness and education for over 30 years, with some beautiful pauses to birth and raise three children and to open a bakery cafe with her husband John.