About Sonia
Sonia Gallegos is a licensed clinical social worker with six years of experience. She holds LCSW credentials in Arizona and California and has provided therapy in government settings. Sonia focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like anxiety and stress.
She uses straightforward talk and collaborative goal setting. Sessions are tailored to what each person needs, so plans change as progress is made. Sonia draws on evidence-based tools and solution-focused work to keep sessions goal oriented.
Background and approach
Sonia often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques with client-centered listening. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors, while also making room to feel heard. Mindfulness strategies are available to help calm the body and focus attention.
People come to Sonia for a wide range of concerns. These include anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, substance use issues, and problems with sleep or eating. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related struggles.
Work in sessions is practical and forward moving. Sonia uses motivational interviewing to explore readiness for change and solution-focused tools to identify small next steps. She aims to help clients build coping skills they can use between appointments.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Sonia often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and practice different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to provide a listening, nonjudgmental space where the person's goals guide the work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sonia will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. Together they adjust the plan over time so the approach fits what the person wants to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are useful for short check-ins or ongoing support. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter check-ins, or spaced support between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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