About Sofia
Sofia Larraz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, and issues with addiction. She brings four decades of experience to conversations about life changes, parenting strain, grief, and work stress. Sofia speaks English and Spanish and aims to make first steps feel manageable.
Sofia keeps sessions straightforward and respectful. She listens first and adapts conversations to each person's situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical coping, clearer communication, and steps you can try between meetings. Her work often touches on attachment and communication problems, anger and control issues, and intimacy or forgiveness concerns. She also supports people dealing with career questions, multicultural stress, and the emotional impact of divorce or separation.
Sofia talks through strategies for rebuilding self-esteem and finding purpose. When relationships are a primary worry, Sofia draws on elements of the Gottman Method to look at interaction patterns and practical ways to improve connection. She uses client-centered principles to keep the conversation grounded in what matters to the individual.
That combination aims to be both supportive and action-oriented. People who choose Sofia can expect a steady, empathetic presence and clear next steps after sessions. She works to create a plan that fits each person's goals and daily life.
Taking the first step is acknowledged as hard, and she aims to make it clearer and more manageable.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist aims to understand your perspective and shape sessions around your goals, which helps when facing anxiety, depression, or life transitions.The Gottman Method looks at how people interact in close relationships and uses clear, teachable skills to improve communication and reduce conflict. It can be useful when relationship patterns, intimacy, or trust are a concern.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Sofia will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust plans as needs change. That collaboration helps keep therapy relevant and practical.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can fit a quick break in a busy day, and chat or messaging can work for short check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent amid work, parenting, or travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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