About Sophia
Sophia Hoskins is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Hawaii. She brings 13 years of clinical experience to sessions and aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Sophia draws on grounded, practical methods so conversations stay focused and useful.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy guides conversations about attachment and hurt in close relationships.
Background and approach
She also draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning when life feels uncertain. Sophia has a background working with military communities and has spent several years providing care for service members around deployment, reintegration, trauma, anger, and relationship strain. More recently she has worked with athletes on peak performance goals using mental skills alongside physical training.
Those experiences inform a pragmatic approach to problem solving. In sessions she keeps language straightforward and focuses on skills people can use between meetings. That often includes short behavioral experiments, communication practice, and concrete emotion-regulation techniques.
She also offers hypnotherapy and Imago relationship work when those tools fit a person’s goals. Sophia provides video, phone, chat, and text-based options to make therapy fit into busy lives. She works in English and is able to see international clients under the practice arrangements in place.
Approaches for anxiety, relationships, and meaning online
Emotion-focused work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy are two main approaches Sophia uses. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people and partners name underlying feelings and improve how they respond to each other. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and sleep disruption.She also brings existential ideas into conversations about purpose, loss, and major life shifts. That approach looks at values and choices to help people find direction when things feel uncertain. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative decision; Sophia will talk with each person about goals and try different ways of working until they find what fits.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for in-depth conversations and role-play practice. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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