About Sophie
Sophie Juola is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia. She focuses on helping people who face addictions, relationship strains, low self-esteem, career stress, and depression. Sophie uses straightforward, person-centered care and practical strategies tailored to each person’s needs.
Sophie helps clients who are dealing with body image concerns, communication and control issues, dissociation, and drug or alcohol addiction. She also supports people coping with guilt, isolation, questions about life purpose, money troubles, and process addictions such as gambling, exercise, porn, or sex addiction.
How Sophie works
Her work combines evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a trauma-informed outlook. Sessions move at the client’s pace, and Sophie invites input about how structured or flexible sessions should be. She aims to set clear, achievable goals and checks in regularly to make sure the approach fits.
Sophie brings four years of counseling experience to her practice and focuses on practical steps that lead to change. She encourages small efforts that add up over time and helps people build skills they can use outside sessions. The tone in appointments is collaborative and respectful.
Clients meet with Sophie online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows the platform’s matching and booking process.
What Sophie works with
The areas below are the ones Sophie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How practical therapy and online care come together
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on clear skills and coping tools. One common approach Sophie uses is trauma-informed, person-centered work that helps people process past stress and build emotional safety. This helps with addiction, dissociation, and relationship wounds by allowing clients to move at their own pace and name specific goals.Another useful technique focuses on behavioral changes and skill-building. This involves identifying unhelpful patterns and practicing new ways of responding in daily life. It can be helpful for issues like depression, self-esteem, money and work stress, and process addictions where small concrete steps add up to real change.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods, get feedback, and adjust the plan so it fits the client’s needs and pace.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in, and messaging lets clients write between sessions. These options provide flexibility to fit work, school, or caregiving schedules.
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