- Years in practice
- 28
- Credentials
- LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Sonya
Sonya Fuller is an Ohio-based Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 28 years of experience. She approaches each person with warmth and a steady presence. She aims to create a space where people feel heard and respected as they work through difficult moments.
Fuller earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Cleveland State University and began her career after completing a bachelor’s degree at Bowling Green State University. Early roles included community social work and leadership at a women and children’s shelter, where she handled crisis intervention, case management, life coaching, group work, and service coordination.
Background and approach
She later moved into clinical roles in acute hospital and rehabilitation settings, offering counseling and planning for people facing sudden life changes, depression, and anxiety. More recently she has worked in hospice, providing grief support and marital and family counseling around end-of-life transitions. Her counseling style is grounded in Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and listening.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic approaches when those methods fit a person’s needs. Sessions focus on practical conversation, skill-building, and understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. Parents seeking support around stress, parenting challenges, sleep or eating issues, relationship strains, grief, or addiction may find her practical, steady approach helpful.
She tailors the work to each person’s situation and helps set realistic steps forward.
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
- 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.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting personal growth. It helps people who need a trusting space to talk things through and to feel accepted while they consider change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that contribute to problems and teaches practical skills to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and coping with life transitions.
Psychodynamic Therapy explores patterns and early experiences that shape current feelings and relationships. It can help people understand recurring struggles like attachment worries, abandonment fears, or persistent relationship conflict.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try different ways of working, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients shape the focus and pace of sessions.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or low-bandwidth needs. Live chat or text sessions work well for quick check-ins, short updates, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy days.
Questions people ask about Sonya
What concerns does she help address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and many life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and engaging, focused on listening and making people feel valued. She works collaboratively and adapts talk and strategies to each person.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 28 years of experience working in community, hospital, rehabilitation, and hospice settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in Ohio and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and 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, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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