Sonya Poole

Sonya Poole is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 17 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. She also supports those coping with life changes and working to build self-esteem. She creates a calm, open space where people can talk about their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. Sessions are aimed at practical steps and small changes that can make daily life easier. She emphasizes collaboration and helps clients set goals that fit their real-life schedules. Her approach draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and increase valued action. She also uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people feel heard and to learn tools for staying present. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want short-term strategies for immediate concerns. Clients might work on anger that shows up at home or work, panic attacks or social anxiety, postpartum depression, or obsessive thoughts and compulsions. Communication problems and questions around life purpose are also common topics. The aim is to build skills that people can use between sessions. To begin, Sonya asks people to describe what’s been hardest and what they hope would change. From there she and the client pick approaches and set practical steps toward those goals.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. It helps when anxiety, anger, or life changes get in the way of what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns that fuel depression, panic, or obsessive thinking. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase focus in everyday moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration means approaches can be adjusted as needs change, and practical homework is set to match a person’s pace.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and help people fit sessions into busy days. It can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people practice skills in their usual routines. Licensed professionals often use these ways of working to keep therapy focused and usable for daily life.