About Sonya
Sonya Kirven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of counseling experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the ups and downs that come with life changes. Sonya speaks plainly and aims to make the process feel manageable for people who are overwhelmed or unsure where to start.
She draws on cognitive behavioral methods while mixing in other approaches to fit each person's needs.
How Sonya works
In sessions she listens without judgment and works from a strengths-based, person-centered stance. That means she helps clients notice what already works for them and build on those skills. Sonya has worked in settings that exposed her to many young adults and adults, including people involved with child protective services.
That background informs her practical focus on coping skills, relationship concerns, parenting stress, career questions, and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues when those come up. Expect straightforward tools for managing anxiety and low mood, along with chance to reflect on life purpose and self-love.
Therapy sessions are collaborative - the client sets goals and Sonya suggests steps to reach them. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when a client wants faster, goal-directed work. Sessions can include short-term problem solving or deeper exploration of patterns and meaning.
People who want a calm, encouraging listener and clear steps tend to do well with her style.
Sonya lists 7 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Connecticut |
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Online support options
How Sonya’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values, even when uncomfortable feelings appear. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers clear strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety and depression. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room, offering empathic listening and support as clients explore their goals and sense of self.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sonya treats the choice of method as collaborative and adapts techniques to match the client's needs, goals, and preferences. Some people start with skills-focused CBT exercises, while others prefer ACT or a person-centered pace; she will help decide what to try first and adjust over time.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for different days and needs. Video lets for a face-to-face feel, phone calls can fit a shorter break, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or written reflection. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, or school and to keep momentum between meetings.
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