About Sophia
Sophia Mas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She also supports those dealing with trauma, addiction, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and major life changes. Sophia speaks English and Spanish and practices from Florida.
Sophia takes a practical, interactive approach in sessions. She listens closely and helps people name what matters most. Conversations focus on concrete steps clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
The tone is respectful and down-to-earth. Her work draws on several therapy styles to match each person’s needs. Sophia uses cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts.
She applies attachment-based ideas when relationship and intimacy issues are central. Mindfulness and acceptance strategies are part of her approach for coping with strong emotions. Dialectical methods help when emotion regulation and boundaries are challenges.
Client-centered principles guide the pacing and goals of therapy. Across a long career she has worked in emergency care, community mental health, and independent practice. That range informs how she balances practical problem-solving with deeper exploration of patterns and history.
Sophia aims to help people build skills that fit daily life and lead to steadier wellbeing.
How Sophia’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match personal values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current connection patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating when intimacy or communication are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sophia will talk with clients about goals and preferences, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans over time. The aim is to match practical techniques with deeper exploration so therapy feels useful and manageable.
Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while still using the same therapeutic methods discussed above.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish