About Fredericka
Fredericka "Ricka" White-Soso uses a compassionate, evidence-based approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and major life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 15 years as a clinician and a long career in social work. Her manner is calm and practical, aimed at helping individuals find steady ways to cope and move forward.
She focuses on building self-compassion and practical coping skills. Sessions often include talking through upsetting thoughts, identifying helpful routines, and practicing steps that support emotional balance.
Background and approach
Fredericka also helps people explore forgiveness, life purpose, and self-love when those themes come up. Her style is collaborative. She listens first, then suggests strategies that fit each person’s situation.
She adapts to cultural and spiritual values that matter to the individual while keeping work focused on immediate concerns and goals. Fredericka has worked in social work for many years and brings that broad experience into individual sessions. She offers virtual options and flexible scheduling to fit different needs.
People who prefer steady, experience-based support often find her approach straightforward and encouraging. In California, she practices as an LCSW and conducts sessions in English. The first step is a short matching questionnaire and a scheduling conversation to find times that work for the person seeking help.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Fredericka draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses centers on teaching coping skills and behavioral steps to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. This involves identifying unhelpful patterns and practicing new routines that lower stress and improve mood.Another approach emphasizes grief work and processing loss in manageable steps. That method helps people name painful feelings, create space for them, and build ways to move forward while honoring what was lost. A third thread in her work focuses on cultivating self-compassion and forgiveness, using concrete exercises to shift negative self-talk and strengthen a sense of purpose.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Fredericka collaborates with each person to decide what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible options that suit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can fit short check-ins, quick tools, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English