- Anxiety and depression
- Trauma recovery
- Coping strategies
About Sonya
Dr. Sonya Boone is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of practice in Hawaii. She focuses on practical help for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Her work aims to create a compassionate, culturally aware space where people can talk through hard moments and find clearer next steps.
She holds a Doctorate in Behavioral Health and several graduate degrees that include social work and health service administration. Those studies shaped her approach and inform how she helps people set realistic goals. Dr. Boone uses straightforward strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning.
Sessions tend to center on listening first, then building skills and plans that match each person’s life. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness to help with emotion regulation, unhelpful thoughts, and stressful reactions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centered techniques also guide her work when helpful.
Dr. Boone supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, career challenges, grief, and compassion fatigue. She also offers guidance for those processing attachment concerns, chronic illness, first responder stress, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster. The tone in sessions is direct but warm, with attention to cultural and life-context factors.
Her aim is to help people build manageable habits and stronger coping over time. She encourages clear communication, practical problem solving, and gradual steps toward the goals each person sets.
Approaches you can expect in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase moment-to-moment awareness.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That decision can shift over time as needs change, and sessions often blend techniques to match what works best.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness exercises for conversation-based sessions and for practice between meetings, helping clients build skills that carry into everyday life.
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Experience
16+ years
Credentials
Virginia, Texas, Hawaii, New Jersey, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting stress, grief, ADHD, bipolar, and coping with life changes including natural or human-caused disaster.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and practical. She listens first, then teaches skills from approaches like ACT, CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to manage feelings and behaviors.
How long has she practiced?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with individuals on a range of emotional and interpersonal challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with credentials listed as HI LCSW and TX LCSW and practices from Hawaii.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.