About Sonia
Sonia Rodrigues-Marto uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, and past trauma. She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and works side-by-side to build on existing strengths. Sonia is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with two decades of clinical experience in New Jersey.
Her sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She blends strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice patterns, manage strong emotions, and try new ways of relating.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices and solution-focused steps are used when useful to build small, steady changes. Sonia has worked with a wide range of concerns related to family and relationships, including adoption and foster care issues, attachment challenges, blended family dynamics, communication problems, infidelity, and separation.
She also supports people dealing with life transitions, feelings of guilt or shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose. In sessions she helps clients set clear, achievable goals and practices skills between meetings. The tone is respectful and direct, with attention to practical tools that fit day-to-day life.
Sonia aims to make therapy manageable for people balancing work, parenting, and other responsibilities. Her practice offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Sonia works in English and provides services in New Jersey.
Therapeutic approaches for online relationship and family work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and decisions about relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that lead to distress and practicing different responses to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses in close relationships and building new ways to connect and repair bonds.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Sonia will listen to what matters most, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust with client feedback. The aim is to find practical tools that match each person's goals, whether that means managing strong feelings, improving communication, or navigating a family change.
Online work offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work even when travel or time constraints are a factor.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Virginia
- Languages
- English