About Sonya
Sonya Kirven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Connecticut with nine years of counseling experience. She works with people feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed and those facing career or parenting challenges. Her style is warm and direct, and she aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients set the pace.
She draws on a mix of approaches, with a strong grounding in cognitive behavioral therapy, and uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Motivational Interviewing.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical skills to manage anxiety, build self-esteem, and cope with life changes. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Sonya emphasizes a person-centered attitude.
She listens first, then helps people name priorities and try small experiments that may help. When one strategy doesn’t fit, she helps clients pivot to another option. This approach is useful for people working through attachment concerns, abandonment wounds, or questions about life purpose.
Her background includes long-term work with young adults and adults, and experience supporting people connected to child protective services. That history informs her calm, patient style and her focus on strengths. She pairs practical problem-solving with attention to values and meaning.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance, reflective listening, and collaborative goal-setting. Sonya uses clear explanations and short take-home strategies so people can practice between sessions and track small gains over time.
How Sonya Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when anxiety or self-doubt shows up. It focuses on accepting difficult feelings rather than fighting them and committing to actions that reflect personal priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior that feed anxiety and depression. In sessions she helps clients test unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and track what changes. This approach is useful for building concrete coping skills for stress and low mood.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to explore ambivalence and find internal reasons to change. It can be helpful for career shifts, parenting choices, or making small habit changes that support wellbeing.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Sonya will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She often combines techniques so therapy matches what a person needs in the moment and over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or shorter sessions that fit into a busy day. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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