Sonya Fuller

Sonya Fuller is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) practicing in Ohio. She brings 28 years of experience across community, hospital, rehabilitation, and hospice settings. Sonya aims to partner with people during tough transitions and major life events.

Her training includes a Master of Social Work from Cleveland State University and a Bachelor degree from Bowling Green State University. Early in her career she worked as a community social worker and later became director of a women and children’s shelter. Those roles involved crisis intervention, case management, life coaching, group work, and service coordination.

Later work shifted toward hospital and rehab settings where she helped people recover after sudden, life-changing events that produced anxiety or depression. She provided counseling and practical planning for a new normal. Today she works in hospice, offering grief support and counseling for people and their partners around a loved one’s transition.

Sonya’s counseling style is warm and engaging. She prioritizes creating a relationship that helps people feel heard and respected. Her main approach is Client-Centered Therapy, and she also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapy when useful.

She helps with many concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, grief, self-esteem, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, sleep and eating struggles, parenting, anger, mood disorders, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and divorce and separation. Sonya will tailor conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs.

How her approaches guide online support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and offering empathy and acceptance so people can speak honestly about what matters to them; it helps with building confidence and working through difficult choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to past patterns and how they show up now, which can help when repeated relationship or self-esteem issues are causing distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sonya will talk with a person about their goals and preferences and then recommend ways of working that fit. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs change.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because this biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help sessions fit into busy days. It can reduce travel time, allow a shorter check-in between commitments, or make it simpler to maintain continuity of care when life is hectic. Licensed professionals use these methods to help people address grief, relationship shifts, stress, and other concerns in a way that fits their daily routines.