Sonia Rodrigues-Marto, LPC, LMFT

Sonia Rodrigues-Marto is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist in New Jersey with 21 years of experience. She centers therapy on relationships and life changes, helping people manage stress, anxiety, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Sonia emphasizes each person's strengths and sees clients as the experts on their own stories. Taking a first step can feel hard, and she offers steady support along the way.

Her approach blends practical strategies with a focus on emotions and values. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy guides conversations about feelings and connection when relationships feel strained. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness practices help people learn to accept difficult feelings while moving toward what matters most.

Sonia has worked with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, blended family challenges, and fatherhood questions. She also helps with communication problems, infidelity, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues. Her work addresses guilt, shame, isolation, and finding life purpose during midlife changes.

Sessions focus on clear goals and steady steps forward. Sonia listens for strengths, offers techniques to cope, and practices skills in session that people can use at home. She aims to make therapy practical and relatable for people facing tough decisions and emotional strain.

How Sonia's approaches translate to online work

Sonia draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in her practice. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and gives practical tools for changing unhelpful patterns. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. EFT focuses on emotions and interaction patterns to improve connection and communication in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sonia will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different techniques and adjusting as progress is reviewed.

The practical benefit of online work is making therapy easier to fit into daily life. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered. Online sessions can reduce travel time, allow easier scheduling around work or family, and make short check-ins more feasible when needed. Talk with the therapist about preferred session length and timing so therapy fits into a client's routine.