Sonia Rodrigues-Marto
Calm, practical support for life’s transitions
LPC, LMFT New Jersey
- Experience
- 21 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Sonia
Sonia Rodrigues-Marto uses a collaborative, evidence-informed approach to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, family conflicts, trauma, and major life transitions. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance-based and emotionally-focused strategies to support clients in identifying patterns, clarifying values, and developing practical skills for coping and communication.
Background and approach
Sonia emphasizes the client as the expert in their own life and works to build on existing strengths while introducing tools that reduce distress and increase well-being.
With 21 years of clinical experience in New Jersey, Sonia holds licenses as an LPC and an LMFT and draws on a broad set of therapeutic models including mindfulness and client-centered methods.
Her practice attends to issues such as adoption and foster care challenges, attachment and blended family dynamics, infidelity and commitment concerns, as well as parenting and fatherhood matters. She aims to create a respectful, goal-oriented space where clients can explore underlying patterns, address family of origin issues, and pursue clearer direction and purpose.
How evidence-informed approaches work online
Many clients find Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helpful for identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing concrete coping strategies for anxiety, stress, and relationship challenges. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and building psychological flexibility, which can support people facing life transitions, shame, or persistent worries. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and a nonjudgmental stance, helping clients feel heard as they explore family dynamics, attachment concerns, or decisions about relationships.Choosing the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their goals and preferences. This means techniques may shift over time as needs change and progress is reviewed together, keeping the work practical and aligned with what matters most to the client.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to access support from home. These formats allow licensed professionals to guide skills practice, coach through communication challenges, and maintain regular check-ins while accommodating different comfort levels and logistical needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
21+ years
Licensed
New Jersey, New Jersey, Virginia
Languages
English