About Sonya
Sonya Belletti is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She brings 26 years of experience and focuses on helping people with relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and career or life changes.
She trained in psychology at Syracuse University and earned a Master of Social Work from San Jose State University with a clinical focus on child and family issues. Over her career she has worked in independent practice, community settings, and schools which shaped a practical, down-to-earth approach to care.
How Sonya works
Sonya favors ways of working that center the person and their goals. She listens carefully, helps people clarify what matters, and then uses techniques that fit each situation. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship concerns.
People come to her for a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, fertility and fatherhood issues, blended family challenges, and intimacy-related problems. She also supports those coping with divorce, separation, grief, guilt, shame, and parenting strains. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Sonya aims to help people name patterns, build stronger communication, manage stressful reactions, and find practical ways to make difficult changes. The work is straightforward and focused on steps a person can use between sessions.
Sonya lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Sonya works with
The areas below are the ones Sonya selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships. In sessions it helps people understand patterns around closeness, trust, and commitment and how those patterns affect parenting and partnerships.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client's lead. It is useful when someone needs a steady, accepting space to sort out values, self-esteem, or life choices.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It is practical for anxiety, depression, stress management, and changing patterns that keep problems going.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to relationship, parenting, career, or grief concerns.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video helps with face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging lets people check in between sessions or use shorter touchpoints. These options make scheduling easier and help people keep therapy consistent around work, school, and family life.
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