About LaSonda
LaSonda Sylte is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 23 years of experience who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She uses a calm and direct style to make difficult topics easier to talk through. Her approach is practical and down to earth, aimed at clear steps people can use between sessions.
She works with many common concerns including depression, addiction, grief, anger, trauma and relationship challenges. She also supports people with parenting stress, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, caregiving strain, and questions about life purpose.
Background and approach
Her work has included end-of-life and hospice counseling and helping people process isolation or complicated guilt. In sessions she partners with people rather than lecturing. She favors simple tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Conversations focus on what the person wants to change and what feels most doable in daily life. LaSonda has practiced in Indiana for more than two decades and brings experience across many settings. She aims to help people build skills for managing strong emotions and impulses, reduce substance use behaviors when present, and improve communication in strained relationships.
Her style is compassionate, straightforward, and respectful. She encourages small, steady steps and helps clients track progress so gains feel real and sustainable.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice uncomfortable thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and identify actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying different behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. CBT often includes short exercises to practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with impulsivity, anger, and relationship challenges.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. Sessions begin with practical goals and adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets people use visual cues during skills practice. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, homework prompts, or coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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