About Sonia
Sonia Wiesner is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin who uses practical, person-focused methods to help people through hard moments. She frames sessions around what a client needs right now and works with clear steps to reduce symptoms and improve daily coping. Sonia helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
She also supports those wrestling with relationship strain, parenting stress, blended family issues, and the challenges that follow separation or divorce.
Background and approach
Concerns like anger, low self-esteem, guilt, and impulsivity are frequently addressed in her work. Her sessions blend talk and action. She listens without rushing, and then offers tools drawn from cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical skills, and mindfulness to shift unhelpful patterns.
Therapy focuses on practical skills - communication, emotion regulation, and small behavior changes that add up over time. Sonia brings 12 years of clinical experience to her practice in Wisconsin. She aims to make each plan realistic for a person's life, whether that means short-term problem solving or longer work on attachment and trauma recovery.
Progress is tracked through weekly goals and simple homework when that fits. The approach is collaborative. Clients and Sonia set priorities together and choose from techniques that match the client's goals and comfort level.
Sessions use straightforward language and concrete steps so people feel able to use what they learn right away.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building a strong working relationship. It helps people feel heard and sets the agenda based on what matters most to them, which is useful for stress, relationship strain, and parenting concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. It provides concrete exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, self-esteem, and emotion regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sonia collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and daily life. She adjusts techniques over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and practice communication, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, while chat and text are useful for quick check-ins and continued skill practice between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English