About Sophie
Sophie Paquette is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and addictions. She supports those dealing with relationship and family strain, parenting challenges, and the ongoing effects of compassion fatigue.
Sophie works with people navigating life changes and offers help for concerns like panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and issues related to adoption and foster care. She practices in South Carolina and holds the credential Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and CSW.
Background and approach
Sophie brings nine years of professional experience to sessions and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable. She believes each person knows their story best, and she builds on existing strengths to create forward movement. In sessions she focuses on practical strategies that fit a person’s daily life.
Sophie uses client-centered conversations to understand what matters most to each person. She also draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches to tackle specific thoughts, habits, and immediate goals. For people with histories of trauma, Sophie incorporates trauma-focused work while keeping pace with what the person can handle.
She prioritizes collaboration and clear planning so people feel part of the process. Sophie aims to help people build skills for coping, setting boundaries, and growing self-compassion. Her style is straightforward, warm, and goal-oriented.
Sophie helps people identify small steps that lead to change and supports them through setbacks. Practical tools and steady encouragement are central to her approach.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and understood. It helps when someone needs a space to talk through feelings and decide what matters most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, panic, and depression.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sophie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try methods that match those needs. The plan can shift as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online sessions use video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls let people read facial expressions and body language, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Body image
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Colorado, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English