Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sonya
Sonya Fuller is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 28 years of experience. She draws on long clinical experience in hospitals, hospice, and community programs to support people through demanding life moments. Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and anger.
Sonya aims to offer steady, compassionate help as people make changes. She earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Cleveland State University and began her career after graduating from Bowling Green State University.
Background and approach
Early roles included community social work and directing a women and children’s shelter, where she led case management, crisis intervention, and group work. Those roles sharpened her skills in advocacy and coordinating services. Later, she provided counseling and case management in acute hospitals and rehabilitation settings.
There she helped people who faced sudden health events and the emotional fallout that follows. In her current hospice role she provides grief support and marital and family counseling around end-of-life transitions. Her counseling style is warm and engaging.
She follows a client-centered approach that emphasizes empathy and acceptance, and she also uses cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic techniques when helpful. Sessions are shaped to each person’s goals and circumstances. People often come to her for help with addiction, depression, coping with life changes, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, trauma, intimacy-related issues, and a range of other concerns.
Sonya focuses on practical steps and honest conversation to help people move forward.
What Sonya works with
Everything Sonya lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sonya's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Sonya lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Sonya's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience first. The therapist listens closely, reflects feelings, and helps people name what matters most. This approach is useful for building trust, working through grief, and strengthening self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It includes practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with anxiety, anger, sleeping problems, and depression.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Sonya will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means discussing what helps most and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life. Video calls let people meet face-to-face without traveling. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief, flexible communication between sessions. These formats can increase accessibility and make it simpler to maintain continuity of care while trying different therapeutic tools.
Questions people ask about Sonya
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, trauma, and many life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and engaging. She focuses on listening with empathy and building a trusting relationship.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of experience working in community programs, hospitals, rehabilitation, and hospice settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation (LISW) and practices from Ohio.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.