Therapist profile
Sonia Wiesner, LPC
LPC in Wisconsin - Family and parenting focus
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About Sonia
Sonia Wiesner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, family and parenting concerns, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and ADHD. Sonia also lists work with LGBT issues, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes among her areas of focus.
Sonia uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people change behaviors and feel more steady. She often helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try different ways of communicating, and practice skills for handling strong emotions. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at concrete steps the person can use between meetings.
Many people come to her for help with family-related problems such as blended family tensions, caregiving stress, divorce and separation, and ongoing communication problems. She also supports adults facing attachment concerns, feelings of abandonment, guilt and shame, and recovery from domestic violence. Sonia will listen about what is happening at home and work with each person to set priorities for therapy.
Sonia draws on client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral approaches and skills-based strategies. She may include mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to support behavior change and clearer decision making. Her approach emphasizes developing coping tools and improving everyday interactions.
To begin, readers should be ready to describe current worries and goals. Sonia asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session so they can start addressing the most pressing issues at home.
How sessions work
How Sonia combines approaches for online work
Sonia commonly integrates client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral therapy in her clinical work. Client-centered work focuses on listening, clarifying what matters to the person, and shaping sessions around their priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings interact and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when people need concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. DBT-style skills can include distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness exercises that are practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sonia will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past to decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process helps focus sessions on the most useful tools for everyday life.
The specific online session formats for her practice are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, try shorter check-ins, avoid travel, or use fewer visuals when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals adapt these approaches to each person's circumstances while aiming to keep sessions practical and relevant.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of home and family concerns does she address?
She works with stress, family problems, blended family issues, divorce and separation, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and related relationship challenges.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses client-centered care plus cognitive behavioral and skills-based methods. Sessions focus on practical steps, communication skills, and emotion regulation strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience as a clinician supporting adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, and family-oriented concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Wisconsin and sees people in that state.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.