Sonya Fields is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people make meaningful changes in their lives.
01About Sonya
Sonya Fields is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people make meaningful changes in their lives. She draws on 25 years of experience to guide clients through stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and major life shifts. Her approach is practical and strengths-based, so clients leave with clear steps they can try between sessions.
Sonya listens first and asks practical questions to uncover what is already working. She helps clients name goals and then breaks those goals into manageable actions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking, brief skill practice, and follow-up check-ins by text or message when helpful. Her work blends client-centered support with evidence-informed tools like cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused methods, and mindfulness practices. She also uses motivational strategies to help people get moving toward goals and healthier routines.
This mix is aimed at reducing symptoms and building skills that fit daily life. Sonya has a background in clinical counseling and psychology and also offers health and wellness coaching. That background shapes how she helps with sleep, eating issues, body image, caregiver stress, and work-related burnout.
She treats trauma, abuse, and complex stress with care and focus on safety and pacing. People who want structure alongside encouragement may find her style useful. She prefers combining some phone or video sessions with ongoing text support.
Sonya works from South Carolina and provides services in English, including to international clients.
02Credentials
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 4155 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1962721548 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sonya lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Sonya names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Sonya names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Sonya’s approaches fit with online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on hearing the person first and tailoring support to their priorities; it helps when someone wants a respectful, empathetic listener who helps them discover their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical steps to change patterns that increase anxiety, low mood, or sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses that affect relationships and intimacy, and it can be useful for improving communication and connection.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try, and they adjust the plan over time so it fits the client’s pace and changing needs.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when discussion and visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing coaching, quick questions, and brief skill reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep progress moving forward.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Sonya help address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, parenting and caregiver stress, career challenges, ADHD, and related areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She combines listening with goal setting, skill practice, and motivational coaching to help clients make steady progress.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of clinical and coaching experience working with adults on personal and health-related goals.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in South Carolina and works from that state.
Can people who live outside the United States work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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