About Sonya
Dr. Sonya McCurdy is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 21 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and complex mood concerns. She approaches care with respect and sensitivity, and creates treatment plans based on each person's needs.
Dr. McCurdy aims to make starting therapy feel less overwhelming for someone taking that first step. Her practice centers on client-centered care.
That means conversations focus on the person's goals and experience.
How Sonya works
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical behavior ideas are added when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Dr.
McCurdy also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action. Mindfulness practices are introduced to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. She adapts these methods to suit different concerns like grief, anger, and parenting stress.
Over two decades she has worked with a wide range of diagnoses and life situations. She tailors dialogue and treatment plans to the unique needs of each person. When a better fit is needed, she will offer referrals to another professional.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted from Alabama. She encourages people who are ready to change to take the next step and arrange an initial meeting through the site process.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Dr. McCurdy commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. ACT helps people name their values and take small steps toward them while accepting difficult feelings that come up. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood.She pairs those approaches with client-centered techniques and mindfulness practices when helpful. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process - the therapist and client work together to try methods, see what helps, and adjust the plan based on goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and deeper dialogue. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins and steady support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, caregiving routine, or other responsibilities while keeping the same therapeutic approaches in place.
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