About Sofia
Sofia Larraz is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 40 years of professional experience helping people navigate anxiety and other life stresses. She focuses on practical support for everyday problems like relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and addictive behaviors. Sofia speaks English and Spanish and aims to make first steps toward change feel manageable.
Sofia uses a conversational, respectful style in sessions. She listens first, then tailors the plan to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Discussions are straightforward and goal oriented, with attention to what feels useful day to day. Her work often centers on improving communication and repairing connections. She addresses attachment concerns, control issues, and intimacy-related struggles in clear, step-by-step ways.
When families or partners are a source of stress, Sofia helps individuals sort priorities and set boundaries. She also supports people facing big life changes such as divorce, career shifts, or midlife transitions. Coping strategies for stress, anger, and compassion fatigue are common topics.
Sofia brings patient guidance for rebuilding self-esteem and exploring life purpose. Sessions may include practical exercises, reflective conversation, and plans to practice new skills between meetings. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Sofia encourages people to try small, achievable steps to see what works for them.
How Sofia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people identify their own solutions. In online sessions this means the therapist provides a supportive space and guides conversations so clients can set goals and choose what to try next. The Gottman Method is an approach aimed at improving communication and conflict skills in relationships. When used remotely, it can help people practice specific interaction strategies and rebuild trust through structured exercises and feedback.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what feels most helpful.
Online work offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people talk face to face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit regular sessions into a day and try different formats to see what helps most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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