About Sudonna
Sudonna Harris is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those facing life changes, career questions, and LGBT-related concerns. Sudonna aims to make the first step feel doable and respectful of each person's pace.
She focuses on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about feelings and tough memories. Sessions are grounded in practical strategies and clear goals, rather than long lectures.
Background and approach
Sudonna listens first, then works with each person to choose ways forward that feel realistic. Her approach draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person's experience and on trauma-focused work when past events are getting in the way of daily life. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help with unhelpful thoughts and mindfulness practices to manage intense emotions.
Sudonna brings eight years of experience as a clinician and adapts tools to each situation. She pays attention to issues like attachment, abandonment, isolation, and postpartum mood changes when they come up. The focus is on small, steady steps that build confidence and coping skills.
Therapy with Sudonna blends conversation, problem-solving, and skill practice. She helps people sort priorities, test new ways of handling stress, and notice what makes a difference. The pace and goals are set together so work stays relevant to daily life.
How her approaches work online
Client-centered work focuses on the individual's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and helps people set goals that matter to them, which can help with confidence, decision making, and emotional clarity.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches simple tools to test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and low mood over time.
Trauma-focused approaches address the impact of past hurt on current life. This work helps people name what happened, reduce overwhelming reactions, and practice skills to feel steadier day to day.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend a mix of methods. That plan can change as progress is made or new needs appear, keeping the work practical and tailored.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people use face-to-face time for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or work when a video connection is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to keep momentum between sessions or check in on a challenging day. These options let people match the format to their needs and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English