About Sonia
Sonia Gallegos is a licensed clinical social worker with experience providing mental health support in Arizona and California. She has six years of clinical experience and previously worked as a therapist for a government agency. Sonia aims to create practical, goal-focused sessions that fit each person she sees.
Sonia uses a mix of approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. She also addresses anger, addictions, grief, trauma, and issues that affect daily life like sleep and eating problems.
How Sonia works
Parenting strain, career stress, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles are part of her work as well. Sessions are shaped around each person's goals. Sonia follows client-centered and solution-focused methods while drawing on cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques.
She helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, try small changes, and build routines that support wellbeing. Her style is direct and practical. She collaborates with people to set short-term steps and track progress.
Motivational interviewing elements are used when people are weighing change or struggling with repeated setbacks. Sonia offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She works in English and is based in Arizona.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
Sonia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Sonia works with
The areas below are the ones Sonia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Sonia draws on client-centered therapy to build sessions around each person's priorities. This approach means the conversation follows what matters to you and the therapist listens closely to understand your goals and values.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT to help identify patterns of thinking that make problems worse and to try practical changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing mood swings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with you about goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This is a collaborative process that aims for clear, measurable steps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to be shorter. Live chat and texting can fit into busy days or provide quick check-ins between longer appointments.
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