- Warm supportive approach
- Practical coping skills
- Grief and loss focus
About Sonya
Sonya Fuller is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation (LISW) in Ohio and brings 28 years of front-line practice to therapy. She offers calm, clear support for people facing big life shifts, grief, anxiety, addiction concerns, and other stresses. She meets clients with warmth and steady attention as they explore change and next steps.
Fuller earned a Master of Social Work from Cleveland State University and began her career after a Bachelor degree from Bowling Green State University. Early work at the Salvation Army included crisis intervention, case management, life coaching, and directing a women and children’s shelter. Those roles added experience with group work, advocacy, and coordinating community services.
Later roles moved into clinical social work in an acute hospital and a rehabilitation center, where she supported people after sudden, life-changing events that brought depression, anxiety, and a need to build a new normal. Her current role as a hospice social worker includes grief work and counseling around end-of-life transitions.
Her counseling style is described as warm and engaging. She centers a client-centered approach that emphasizes empathy and genuine support, and she also uses cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic methods as fits each person’s situation. She adapts conversations and the plan to suit what a person needs most.
Sonya has worked with many concerns related to relationships, family challenges, trauma, addictions, and coping with life changes, including coping with natural or human-caused disaster. If someone wants steady, experienced guidance through a hard period, she offers practical collaboration toward clearer next steps.
How her approaches shape online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and offering empathy. The therapist supports people as they talk through what matters most and helps them decide next steps based on their own goals and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It includes practical exercises and simple tools people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change unhelpful patterns.
Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that repeat over time. It helps people notice how past experiences affect present choices and relationships, which can be useful for long-standing concerns or recurring relationship issues.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which approaches fit their needs and goals, and she adjusts methods as progress and priorities change.
Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier, such as shorter check-ins around work, not needing travel time, or choosing audio-only when bandwidth is low. Licensed professionals, including this therapist, use approaches that can be adapted to an online setting to help people move toward clearer coping strategies and everyday changes.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
28+ years
Credentials
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and related issues such as coping with life changes and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and engaging, focused on listening and helping people feel valued. She tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs using client-centered care alongside other approaches.
What is her professional background?
She has 28 years of experience across community social work, shelter leadership, hospital and rehabilitation clinical work, and hospice social work supporting grief and life-transition counseling.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LISW credential and practices in Ohio as a Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.