About Sonia
Sonia Torres is a licensed mental health counselor in Indiana with 20 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addictions, and low self-esteem. She speaks English and Spanish and focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. Sonia offers a calm, grounded presence and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and approachable.
Her work often begins with listening closely to each person’s story. Sonia pays attention to how cultural and family experiences shape choices and feelings.
Background and approach
She helps people name what matters to them and find small steps that match their values. Sonia uses clear, skill-based methods to reduce distress. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build willingness around difficult feelings.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thought patterns and Motivational Interviewing to increase readiness for change. Sessions focus on practical tools and steady progress. People practice skills between meetings and check what works.
Sonia emphasizes the client’s own strengths and resilience while helping them try different approaches until something fits. Her background includes two decades of clinical work across mood concerns, trauma-related stress, substance use challenges, and life transitions. She also addresses aging and geriatric issues, body image, communication problems, and women's issues.
Sonia aims to create a clear plan so clients can move forward with confidence.
How Sonia’s Approaches Translate Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. Online work can use ACT exercises to clarify values and set small, meaningful goals that fit daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going. In video or phone sessions, clients and the therapist can work through thought records, behavioral experiments, and step-by-step skill practice together. Motivational Interviewing centers on strengthening a person's own reasons for change. Short chats or text-based messaging can be used to support motivation between sessions and to celebrate small wins.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort with different formats. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all method.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good fit when video isn't possible. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other daily demands while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English, Spanish