Sonica Thakur
Psychotherapist - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
“What one person has to offer to another, is their own being, nothing more, nothing less” – Ram Dass.
My therapeutic approach is a strength-based perspective that focuses on a person’s innate potential rather than pathologies and shortfalls. Consistent with this approach, my role as a therapist lies not in solving problems but in helping clients examine inhibited issues and biases, identify practical solutions to their problems and progress towards deeper wisdom.I have worked with adults, children and families. This experience has included clients of various ethnicities and addressed a range of mental health issues, interpersonal relationship problems, and life transitions. I draw on my experience of 15 years in travel journalism and Corporate America and this understanding helps me support my clients as they navigate the stress and success in their place of work, endure layoffs, reevaluate priorities, and make renewed efforts towards new beginnings.My therapeutic style is adaptive to the individual needs of my clients. I believe the process of change is an ongoing dialogue. This process can be brief or of a longer term, depending upon the needs of the client. Sometimes I use mindfulness techniques to supplement therapy.
Skills and Expertise
Abandonment
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Addiction
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adjustment to College
Adult
Aggression and Violence
Anger Management
Antisocial Personality
Anxiety
Attachment Issues
Attention Deficit (ADHD)
Behavioral Issues
Blended Family Issues
Body Image
Borderline Personality
Breakups
Bullying
Bipolar Disorder
Child or Adolescent
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Control Issues
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Couples therapy
Cyclothymia
Depression
Developmental Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Dual Diagnosis
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Disturbance
Emptiness
Family Conflict
Family of Origin Issues
Fear
grief
Identity Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Individuation
Inadequacy
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Internet Addiction
Irritability
Isolation
Life Purpose
Loss or Grief
Marital Therapy
Marriage Couseling
Midlife Crisis
Mindful Eating
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Multicultural Concerns
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Narcissistic Personality
Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
Oppositional Defiance
Panic
Peer Relationships
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Polyamory and Nonmonogamous Relationships
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Single Parenting Issues
Skills Groups
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Teens
Teen Violence
Thinking Disorders
Transgender Issues
Trauma and PTSD
Video Game Addiction
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Harm Reduction
Humanistic
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Person Centered Therapy
psychotherapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Modality
Children
Couples
Family
Group
Individuals