- Attachment-based work
- Cognitive behavioral techniques
- Narrative therapy
About Sonya
Dr. Sonya Anthony, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Virginia with three years listed experience. She works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, relationship concerns, career issues, and the burden of guilt and shame.
She describes a background in both mental health and medical social work. That includes work in hospitals, rehabilitation settings, dialysis care, and outpatient psychotherapy. Her experience also includes in-home intensive services and mental health skill building.
In sessions she uses approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy. She aims to connect thoughts, feelings, and everyday behavior so people can make practical changes that fit their life circumstances.
She often helps people coping with caregiving stress, chronic illness or disability, first responder stress, and issues that touch identity and relationships such as attachment concerns, abandonment, codependency, and forgiveness. Guilt and shame are specifically listed areas she addresses alongside grief and compassion fatigue.
Dr. Anthony works in English and sees adults in Virginia. For people who want to start, the typical first step is a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling an initial session to talk about goals and what feels most urgent.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings of safety and connection. It can help people who struggle with trust, abandonment fears, or relationship patterns that fuel guilt and shame.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. It offers clear steps to test unhelpful thoughts and try different actions that reduce anxiety and low mood.
Narrative Therapy separates a person from a problem by putting difficult experiences into words and reauthoring the story. That approach can be useful for people who carry shame or who want to make sense of hard life events.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most pressing, then use one or more methods in a collaborative way.
Confirm the current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Talk with the therapist about what scheduling pattern and session length would fit your everyday life.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Virginia, Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with anxiety, depression, grief, stress, relationship and career concerns, and explicitly lists guilt and shame among areas she addresses.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style draws on attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches to connect thoughts, feelings, and actions.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three years noted experience and prior work in medical social work settings including hospitals and rehabilitation.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Virginia and holds the credential LCSW with licensure in TX LCSW and VA LCSW as supplied.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How do sessions and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.