Sophia Franklin, LCSW, CSW

Sophia Franklin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience as a counselor and life coach. She practices in Georgia and combines practical talking strategies with steady support. Sophia aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth space where people can begin to feel better and take next steps.

She centers relationship first, spending time building trust before moving to goals. That means early conversations focus on listening and understanding what matters to each person. Her background includes work with people experiencing homelessness and those without insurance, which shaped her habit of seeing each person beyond their current struggles.

Sophia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative ideas, and solution-focused techniques to shape sessions. She adapts those approaches to fit each person, helping them try different tools until something clicks. Conversations often include practical steps, thought patterns to notice, and short experiments to test change.

She has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction, anger, grief, intimacy issues, career strain, and compassion fatigue. Sophia also focuses on caregiver stress, abandonment wounds, postpartum mood changes, and workplace challenges.

Sessions aim to leave people feeling heard, clearer about next moves, and with one or two concrete actions to practice between meetings. Sophia describes therapy as a partnership where the client sets the pace and she helps guide the process.

How Sophia’s approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following your lead. In sessions she focuses on understanding your experience and reflecting it back, which helps clarify what you want to change and why. This approach is useful when someone needs steady acceptance and a place to sort through feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sophia helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns, test those ideas with small experiments, and build new behaviors that reduce anxiety or low mood. CBT is often applied to stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and problem-solving at work or home.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. Sophia will discuss options, try methods collaboratively, and adjust the plan based on what the client notices and prefers. Sessions are tailored over time so techniques match personal goals and pacing.

Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and needs. Video is good for full conversations and visual cues. Phone works when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat or text messaging can be helpful for brief updates, coaching-style exchanges, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.