- Focus on thoughts
- Practical skill building
- 30 years experience
About Sophia
Sophia Mas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She works with clients who face addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, self-esteem issues, and mood disorders. Sophia also supports people dealing with sleep or eating issues, career stress, and the challenges of life transitions.
She uses a practical, interactive style in sessions. Conversations focus on thoughts and everyday habits to identify what keeps problems going. She listens, offers empathy, and uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs rather than a single fixed method.
Sophia draws from several therapeutic approaches to shape her work. She integrates tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills. Attachment-based ideas and acceptance and commitment principles guide work on relationships and values.
Her background includes many settings, from emergency care and community mental health to private practice. That range gives her experience with both short-term crisis work and longer-term therapy. She emphasizes respect and a nonjudgmental stance for everyone who comes to sessions.
Sessions are aimed at helping people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, concrete changes. Sophia helps clients build practical skills, improve communication, and set realistic goals. The overall aim is greater wellbeing, more satisfying relationships, and stronger day-to-day coping.
She uses a practical, interactive style in sessions. Conversations focus on thoughts and everyday habits to identify what keeps problems going. She listens, offers empathy, and uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs rather than a single fixed method.
Sophia draws from several therapeutic approaches to shape her work. She integrates tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills. Attachment-based ideas and acceptance and commitment principles guide work on relationships and values.
Her background includes many settings, from emergency care and community mental health to private practice. That range gives her experience with both short-term crisis work and longer-term therapy. She emphasizes respect and a nonjudgmental stance for everyone who comes to sessions.
Sessions are aimed at helping people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, concrete changes. Sophia helps clients build practical skills, improve communication, and set realistic goals. The overall aim is greater wellbeing, more satisfying relationships, and stronger day-to-day coping.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
30+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Approaches that guide online work and practical change
Sophia often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and daily habits. CBT focuses on practical steps, like testing negative thoughts and trying new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns.She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, which helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. Attachment-based ideas inform work on relationship patterns and how early connections shape current intimacy and communication struggles.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will talk about goals, try approaches that fit the person's needs and preferences, and adjust methods as progress is made. That way sessions stay focused on what matters most to the client.
The biography does not specify particular online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time, and allow more flexible scheduling. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn’t needed and avoid being on camera when that helps with comfort.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Sophia address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, addictions, self-esteem, parenting, sleep and eating problems, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and interactive, focusing on thoughts and everyday habits. She listens closely and helps clients try concrete changes and coping skills.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Sophia has over 30 years of clinical experience across emergency care, community mental health, and private practice settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC - and practices in Florida.
Which languages are offered in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.