- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Sonya
Sonya Fields is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience who focuses on practical, strengths-based work. She helps people clarify goals, tap into their internal resources, and take doable action steps. Her style blends coaching with counseling to help clients move from feeling stuck to making steady progress.
Sonya draws on client-centered methods so people feel heard and understood. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns that get in the way of change.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and aimed at building skills you can use between meetings. Many clients come for help with stress, anxiety, sleep, grief, trauma, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, or major life changes. Sonya also supports people wrestling with career choices, self-esteem, body image, and eating issues.
First responder stress, caregiver strain, and blended family concerns are additional focus areas she addresses. She often combines mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change. Sessions may include short coaching tasks, skill practice, and reflection.
Sonya typically pairs live phone or video appointments with text support when useful. Sonya works from a positive psychology lens, helping people notice what works and build on it. She respects each person’s values and helps them create small, sustainable steps toward the life they want.
Her approach aims to be practical, compassionate, and grounded in everyday routines.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sonya lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting support
Sonya uses client-centered therapy to prioritize the person's experience and perspective, creating space to name concerns and build on what already helps. This approach is useful for sorting through parenting stress, relationship worries, and life transitions because it centers the client's goals and values.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with concrete alternatives. CBT tools can support better sleep, reduce anxiety, and change day-to-day routines that affect parenting and family functioning.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sonya will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and preferences, then try strategies that fit those needs. She adjusts methods over time based on what helps most, combining skill practice, coaching tasks, and reflective work.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper check-in is needed. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and to keep progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Sonya
What concerns can Sonya address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, sleep problems, grief, trauma, parenting issues, relationship and intimacy struggles, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder.
How would she approach therapy?
Her work combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to set goals and build practical skills. Sessions are collaborative and focused on usable steps.
What is her background and experience?
She has 25 years of experience as a counselor and coach, combining clinical work with health and wellness coaching to support behavior change and wellbeing.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a South Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices from South Carolina.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts clients located outside the United States.
What session formats are available?
Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's listed availability.
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