About Sohale
Sohale Vu is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina with nine years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles. Sohale speaks English and Spanish and aims to meet people where they are when they begin therapy.
Sohale takes a practical, person-centered approach. He listens first to understand what feels most urgent, then tailors a plan that fits each person’s needs.
How Sohale works
Sessions are focused and collaborative, with concrete steps to try between meetings. He respects differences and approaches sensitive topics with care. Over his nine years of work, Sohale has supported people facing a wide range of issues, from chronic health concerns to body image and caregiving stress.
He also addresses attachment and abandonment worries, commitment and codependency patterns, and challenges related to autism spectrum traits and personality differences. His experience includes helping people navigate complex overlapping problems rather than treating a single issue in isolation. Sohale adapts how he works to suit each person’s goals and preferences.
He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps explanations simple and clear. People can expect straightforward conversations, targeted strategies, and gradual progress. Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits your routine. Sohale recognizes that reaching out takes courage and aims to make the process manageable.
What Sohale works with
The areas below are the ones Sohale selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Sohale uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in a straightforward, practical way. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replacing them with more helpful habits; this helps with anxiety, depression, and motivation. Another approach emphasizes processing and coping with traumatic experiences gradually, helping reduce their ongoing emotional impact and build safer day-to-day routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sohale will discuss options during your first sessions and adapt methods to your goals, needs, and preferences. He treats the selection of techniques as a collaborative process and checks in regularly to make sure the direction feels helpful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have a session that closely resembles in-person meetings. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, step-by-step problem solving, or ongoing support between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on treatment goals and progress.
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