About Sylvia
Sylvia Stogner is a licensed clinical social worker in Mississippi with 35 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, anger, and ADHD. Sylvia aims to make the first step feel manageable and offers steady support along the way.
She favors straightforward conversation and practical steps in sessions. People can expect a calm space to talk about difficult feelings and behaviors without judgment. Sylvia listens for what matters most and helps build small, doable changes that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Her background spans public and personal settings over many years. That experience includes work in schools, foster care, adoptive settings, and home-based services. Those roles shaped her ability to respond to crisis, behavioral challenges, and complex situations.
Sylvia draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address panic, post-traumatic stress, mood difficulties, and social anxiety. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, chronic illness, relationship patterns tied to attachment and abandonment, and questions of life purpose. Sessions focus on practical coping skills and clearer communication.
Therapy sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Conversations are paced to match each person’s needs, and Sylvia works collaboratively to set goals and measure progress.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Two common evidence-based approaches she uses are skills-focused therapy and trauma-informed strategies. Skills-focused therapy teaches concrete tools for managing anxiety, panic attacks, impulsivity, and mood swings. Trauma-informed work helps people make sense of past hurt and reduce its effect on daily life by pacing the work and building safety in the moment.A third element often used is practical problem-solving. This helps with caregiver stress, chronic illness challenges, and communication breakdowns by breaking problems into steps and testing small changes. Each approach is described in plain terms and aimed at everyday life improvements rather than technical jargon.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, day-to-day demands, and what methods feel most helpful. Together they try options and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well when visual cues matter, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat can fit short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and health routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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