Sophia Mas , LMHC

Sophia Mas is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 30 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, and self-esteem struggles. She also helps with addiction concerns, sleep and eating problems, parenting stress, ADHD, and career or life changes. Sophia speaks English and Spanish and practices in Florida. Her approach is practical and interactive. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills people can use between meetings. She mixes tried-and-true methods with relationship-based work to help clients manage strong emotions and rebuild connection where it matters most. Sophia often draws on cognitive-behavioral strategies to spot patterns that keep problems going. She also uses acceptance-based tools to help people live by their values even when emotions feel overwhelming. Attachment-informed ideas guide work on communication, trust, and closeness in important relationships. Across her career she has worked in emergency settings, community mental health, and private practice. That variety shaped a flexible, problem-solving style that suits many kinds of challenges. Sophia emphasizes listening closely and treating people with respect at every step. Getting started typically begins with a short assessment to identify priorities and shape a plan. The focus is on small, practical steps that build skills and restore a sense of agency. Sophia aims to support each person’s progress with calm guidance and steady encouragement.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them, and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and big life shifts. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection and trust in relationships and helps people build clearer communication and safer emotional closeness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching practical skills to reduce symptoms and change day-to-day habits.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on what is working.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video can support face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues, phone calls can fit a shorter break in a workday, live chat suits real-time check-ins, and messaging lets someone reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into a busy life.