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Dr. Sonia Smith

NY LCSW 042694
Credentials
NY LCSW 042694
NPI Number
1093137804
Location
New York
Languages
English
Dr. Sonia Smith

Accepting new clients

25 years experience | Counselor of Color
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About Dr. Sonia Smith

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of New York, (LCSW-R), certified Family Life Educator (NAD), an informed therapist in Complicated Grief Treatment Therapy (Center for Complicated Grief), an Empowerment Facilitator with the 4 Real Women International Organization, Inc. (4RWI), and a Relationship Life Coach.

I have over 20 years of clinical experience in the field of Social Work supporting individuals, couples and families across a broad scope of life issues, including prevention of child abuse and neglect, grief and bereavement, domestic violence, adolescent gang involvement, community violence and trauma.

I specialize in family therapy, psychotherapy and mental health counseling that assist couples, individuals, and families regain rightful balance in their relationships with each other, and their overall wellbeing.

I am also a passionate and active advocate for and voice against social injustices that affect the lives of individuals and families, especially women and children. My motto is “Mending the Broken and Healing the Wounded”.

I am looking forward to working with you!

Licenses

LCSW
042694

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • Anger management
  • Coaching
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Attachment issues
  • Blended family issues
  • Communication problems
  • Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
  • Divorce and separation
  • Domestic violence
  • Family of origin issues
  • Family problems
  • Forgiveness
  • Hospice and end-of-life counseling
  • Immigration issues
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Life purpose
  • Personality disorders
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Postpartum depression
  • Women's issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

13 Reviews

“Awesome advice. Very patient”

“I absolutely love Dr. Smith! She is extremely knowledgeable and makes me feel very comfortable expressing myself and being vulnerable. I feel that she creates a safe space for me and that I’m able to properly work through my traumas and my underlined issues with full support. Thank you so much Dr. Smith!”

“Dr. Smith is the perfect combination of processional, spiritual and mental healing. She is highly skilled and understands what I needed to get better. I highly recommend her.”

“Dr. Smith is very attentive to my concerns and needs. I look forward to seeing her each week. She is communicative and consistent with our session scheduling. Always ready to listen and help process my issues.”

“Very understanding”

“Dr. Smith saved me when I was having a crisis and moved her schedule around to see me immediately. She is thoughtful, kind, and insightful. I cannot recommend her enough.”

“Dr. Smith is thoughtful, spiritual, and experienced. She has provided me several ways to handle my emotions, and thoughts. I have learned news ways to acknowledge my emotions and consider me, first. Thank you for being supportive and insightful.”

“Dr. Smith was very easy to talk to. This was my first experience with therapy and she made me feel comfortable and at ease that i could open up to her. Her Christian values were very aligned with my faith and i feel it will enhance my therapy journey”

“Dr. Smith is professional, she listens, responds with empathy, and gives actionable activities to assist with the guidance she provides.”

“Warm, wise and objective. Sees the core of the problem, from a perspective I haven’t thought about even though I tend to think I know it all..”

“Dr. Smith is a good listener!”

“I enjoyed working with Dr. Smith the last few months! I found her very easy to talk with and I felt understood. She’s an experienced therapist, and incorporates both traditional and spiritual elements to therapy. My sessions with her encouraged me to continue doing the inner work while allowing myself to go through the journey of “grief/loss” at my own pace. Informative- empowering- calming!”

“Dr Smith is an exceptional therapist with a diverse understanding of micro aggressions within family background, and coping with grief and loss. She approaches depression, anxiety and trauma in a holistic manner and focuses less on the definition of the illness itself, and more on bettering the individual.”

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