Sofia Larraz , LCSW

Sofia Larraz is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people facing addiction, relationship strain, grief, anxiety, depression, and many women's issues. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable. Sofia works one person at a time to understand what matters most to them. She talks through practical ways to handle stress, anger, trauma, or parenting challenges. Sessions focus on clear goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. Sofia listens carefully and adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs. She draws on long experience to offer straightforward tools for coping and improving relationships. Sofia uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on each person's experience. She also uses the Gottman Method to address communication patterns and intimacy-related concerns in relationships. Those approaches help with rebuilding trust, improving communication, and managing difficult emotions. People come to Sofia for help with life transitions, career stress, ADHD, multicultural concerns, and compassion fatigue. She supports work on self-esteem, self-love, and finding purpose. The aim is to build practical skills that make day-to-day life more manageable and meaningful.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. It emphasizes empathy and working at the client's pace, which helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem issues. The therapist follows the person's lead to build understanding and practical coping steps.

The Gottman Method centers on improving communication and reducing conflict in relationships. It offers concrete exercises and conversation skills to address intimacy-related issues, attachment concerns, and communication problems. Those tools can be practiced during video sessions and reviewed between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sofia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as needs change. This is a joint process focused on what helps most in everyday life.

Online therapy offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and body language matter. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, homework, or support between sessions. These formats make it simpler to maintain continuity of care across life changes and locations within Florida.