About Sophie
Sophie Niemaszyk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps parents and caregivers support children and adolescents facing anxiety, behavior challenges, and trauma. She speaks plainly with families and focuses on teaching practical skills that make day-to-day life easier for young people. Sophie aims to create a calm, predictable space where kids can feel heard and start trying small changes.
She draws on several evidence-informed methods to help young clients build coping skills and emotional regulation.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on simple tools for managing panic, reducing worry, and handling strong emotions. Sophie emphasizes clear, walk-away strategies families can use at home and at school. Collaboration with parents and caregivers is central to her work.
She partners with adults to set goals, practice consistent routines, and use strategies that support progress across settings like school and community. That practical partnership is meant to make gains last beyond the session. Sophie brings four years of clinical experience to her practice in Illinois.
Her background includes supporting children with ADHD, autism or Asperger syndrome, disruptive mood challenges, intellectual disability, and social anxiety. She uses this experience to tailor simple plans that fit each child’s needs. Therapy with Sophie is offered in English and can include a mix of video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She works with families to choose the format that fits their schedule and daily routine.
How Sophie’s Approaches Work Online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and low mood and gives clear exercises to try between sessions.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, achievable goals and on what is already working. Sessions are forward-looking and help families pick a few practical steps that lead to quick improvements.
Finding the right approach is part of working together. Sophie will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what the child and family prefer. That collaborative process helps choose techniques that fit home and school routines.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families. Video calls let a child and caregiver meet face-to-face without travel. Phone sessions work well when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, homework support, or quick strategy reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school and family life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Intellectual disability
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English