Sonya Fuller

Sonya Fuller is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with 28 years of experience in social work and clinical settings. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Cleveland State University and has worked across community programs, acute hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and hospice care in Ohio. Sonya approaches each person with warmth and a clear focus on practical next steps.

Her early work included community social work and directing a women and children’s shelter. In those roles she provided crisis intervention, case management, group work, and life coaching. Later she moved into hospital and rehab settings, helping people adjust after sudden health changes and develop plans for a new normal.

Currently she works as a hospice social worker, offering grief support and counseling around the time of a loved one’s transition. That experience informs her work with people facing loss, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and the emotional fallout of major life shifts.

Sonya uses a client-centered style that emphasizes empathy, respect, and listening. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and on psychodynamic ideas to understand how past patterns affect present life. Sessions focus on clear goals and real changes the person wants to make.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She helps people sort their priorities, manage stress and anxiety, and build coping plans for grief, relationships, addiction, and other concerns. Sonya aims to make therapy useful and focused on daily living.

Approaches that inform online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience at the center. The therapist listens closely, offers empathy, and supports whatever goals the person brings. This approach helps with grief, relationship strain, and feelings of being overwhelmed.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of coping. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress management.

Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that come from earlier life experiences and how they affect current relationships. Talking about those patterns can help people understand why they repeat certain behaviors and make different choices going forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to use. That process is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also makes regular work on coping skills and grief processing easier to maintain between appointments.