- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Sonya
Sonya Belletti is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience. She focuses on supporting people through parenting stress, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Sonya draws on a long career in independent practice, community programs, and school-based settings to help clients find practical next steps.
She keeps sessions simple and direct. Sonya listens without judgment and helps people sort out what matters most. She uses client-centered techniques to build on each person’s strengths and preferences.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses family and attachment issues, blended family challenges, fatherhood concerns, and caregiving strain. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma, fertility and perinatal loss, and the effects of major life transitions. Those facing career stress, compassion fatigue, or ADHD-related struggles can also find focused help.
Sonya blends approaches to fit each person. She commonly uses Attachment-Based methods to explore relationship patterns, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, Gottman-informed ideas for relationship repair, and mindfulness practices for stress and grounding. Her LCSW credential stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sonya aims to partner with clients to set realistic goals and build tools that fit their daily life.
What Sonya works with
Everything Sonya lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sonya helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sonya lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships. Online sessions can help identify patterns in parenting, caregiver roles, and close relationships so someone can practice different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions it’s used to spot unhelpful thinking, set small experiments, and build new coping habits that fit daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, childcare, and other responsibilities while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Sonya
What kinds of concerns does Sonya address?
She works with a wide range of issues including parenting, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief. Additional focuses include attachment problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and ADHD-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens without judgment and helps people set small, achievable goals during sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 26 years of clinical experience across independent practice, community programs, and school-based work.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds an LCSW, which is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and is licensed in Florida.
What languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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