Sonya Kirven, LPC

Sonya Kirven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of counseling experience. She draws on a long history in helping roles and focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem concerns. Sonya speaks plainly and offers a welcoming space where people lead the work and she guides it.

She centers therapy on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) while mixing in other approaches to fit each person. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavior changes, and setting clear, manageable goals. Sonya uses motivational interviewing to help people find motivation and keep moving forward.

She works with issues around relationships, parenting pressures, career decisions, and life transitions. Sonya also pays attention to attachment concerns, abandonment themes, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Work with young adults is a noted area of focus in her background.

Her style is person-centered and strength-based. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space and to meet people where they are. Conversations are straightforward and geared toward practical changes that matter day to day.

People who choose Sonya can expect collaborative goal setting, short-term strategies when useful, and room to try different approaches. The process acknowledges setbacks as part of progress and looks for realistic steps forward.

Approaches that guide online work

Sonya uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that feed distress and to test small behavior changes. CBT focuses on practical steps and tools that can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change day-to-day reactions. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings while clarifying personal values and moving toward a meaningful life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sonya treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help assess which methods match a person's goals and preferences. If something doesn't help, she will try another way so the plan stays useful and realistic.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video offers face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a work break. Chat and messaging can support brief check-ins, between-session accountability, or people who prefer writing. These options aim to make regular sessions easier to schedule and keep progress moving forward.