About Sophia
Sophia Franklin is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Georgia. Sophia combines counseling and coaching skills to support practical change.
She focuses on building strong rapport before moving to goals. Sophia prioritizes respect and listening so people feel heard. This approach grew from years working with unhoused and uninsured individuals in community settings.
How Sophia works
Sophia uses straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, narrative work, and solution-focused strategies. She adapts sessions to meet each person’s needs and prefers a collaborative, goal-oriented style. Sophia also uses motivational interviewing when people need help resolving ambivalence.
Typical concerns she addresses include depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and caregiver stress. Sophia also helps with career and workplace issues, communication problems, postpartum mood struggles, and compassion fatigue. Sessions aim to identify small, manageable steps and build skills that fit daily life.
Sophia blends empathy with practical tools so change feels achievable. She welcomes people who want both emotional support and action-oriented planning. If someone is ready to begin, she supports them in setting realistic goals and tracking progress.
Her style balances listening with clear steps toward improvement, and she works to empower people through the process.
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What Sophia works with
The areas below are the ones Sophia 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
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How Sophia’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on the person’s experience and priorities, with the therapist listening closely and following the client’s lead to build trust and identify goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and strengthens commitment when choices feel unclear.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk through goals and try methods that fit the person’s needs and preferences. Sessions can shift over time as goals change, and Sophia will check in regularly to see what is helping and adjust the plan together.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can provide short check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, childcare, or other responsibilities while keeping therapy consistent and goal focused.
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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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