About Sonya
Sonya Fields uses a client-centered approach to help people make real changes. She focuses on strengths and values to guide goals. Sonya listens, asks practical questions, and helps people take small steps that add up to progress.
With 25 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Sonya blends talk therapy with practical coaching. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and work through grief or trauma. She also supports those dealing with intimacy issues, communication and commitment problems, eating and body image concerns, and parenting stress.
How Sonya works
Her approach mixes client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally-focused ideas. Sonya uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, test new behaviors, and stay motivated. Sessions often include concrete tools and simple homework to practice between meetings.
Many clients want help during life transitions or when relationships feel stuck. Sonya addresses blended family issues, family of origin impacts, divorce and separation, and first responder or caregiver stress. She also works with people facing career strain, compassion fatigue, and problems with anger or self-esteem.
Sonya offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. She combines occasional live sessions with ongoing text support when that fits a person’s needs. People who choose her can expect an honest, curious partner focused on practical steps toward the life they want.
Sonya lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Sonya often draws on client-centered therapy to start. That means the therapist follows the person's lead, listens carefully, and helps identify what matters most. It works well for people who want to build on their strengths and clarify goals.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into smaller parts and teaches practical skills for anxiety, mood shifts, and coping with change. Emotionally-focused ideas are used when relationship and intimacy concerns are central; these techniques help people notice patterns in emotional responses and try new ways of connecting.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sonya will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls let people meet face to face, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messages make brief check-ins possible. These options help people keep momentum, practice skills between sessions, and get support in ways that match their schedule and needs.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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