About Svetlana
Svetlana Sokol is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people navigate hard moments. She holds a Florida LCSW and has worked in health-related settings since 2005, bringing that background into therapy. Svetlana speaks English and Russian and accepts international clients.
She focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career setbacks, and coping with life changes.
How Svetlana works
Her practice includes work around trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem challenges. Svetlana uses approaches that keep the person at the center of care. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and build trust.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking that make problems worse. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to support change and strengthen motivation. These methods are adapted to what each person needs in the moment.
Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward rather than full of jargon. Her background in medical settings shapes how she supports people facing chronic illness, end-of-life concerns, caregiver stress, and hospice issues. She also works with complex family dynamics, immigration-related concerns, and challenges such as domestic violence, infidelity, and gender dysphoria.
Svetlana strives to create a calm, respectful space to talk through problems and build coping steps. She helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills, and weigh options for change one step at a time.
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What Svetlana works with
The areas below are the ones Svetlana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Svetlana’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the person’s lead. The goal is to build trust and make a plan that fits the client’s priorities. This approach helps when someone needs supportive, empathic listening and help clarifying goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It suits stress, anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep problems going. Clients often work on concrete exercises between sessions to see real change.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to strengthen motivation for change. It is useful for addictions, lifestyle shifts, and situations where someone feels stuck. The therapist asks open questions and helps a person weigh options without pressure.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Svetlana will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then adapt techniques as progress is made. This collaborative process helps match methods to each person’s needs.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are good for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or keeping momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above.
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