Sonya Fields, LPC

Sonya Fields is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. Sonya uses a strengths-based, practical approach to help people set goals and take clear steps toward change.

She blends client-centered conversation with tools from cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused approaches. Sessions often include mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors. Sonya also brings coaching skills to work on health, routine, and life-change goals.

Clients commonly come for stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, trauma, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports people with parenting challenges, caregiving strain, eating concerns, ADHD, and career transitions. Jealousy is one of the relationship-related issues she helps people address.

Sonya favors short, action-focused steps alongside deeper emotional work. She listens for strengths and values, then helps clients use those resources to solve problems. Many people find this mix helps them start making change and feel more confident about their decisions.

Her background includes a Master’s degree in Clinical Counseling from The Citadel and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University. Sonya also holds certifications in health and wellness coaching and mentor coaching, which inform her goal-oriented work.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on what already works in a person's life. It helps people feel heard and use their own values to guide change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety or change habits. It is useful for stress, mood, and many everyday problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to how people experience and express emotions in relationships and personal life, helping them notice and shift interaction patterns that cause pain.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist and client will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan together. Sonya uses a mix of approaches so the work can be tailored to each person's needs and preferences rather than sticking to one method.

The biography notes a preference for some phone or video sessions with text support, so confirm the exact session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. They also let clients practice skills in everyday settings and bring real-life situations into conversation more quickly.