About Sonya
Dr. Sonya McCurdy is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 21 years of experience helping people with a range of mental health concerns. She practices from Alabama and brings a calm, respectful approach to conversations about anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder, and related struggles.
Her LICSW credential is listed to show professional standing. She keeps sessions focused on the person in front of her. Dr.
McCurdy listens first, then adapts a plan that fits each person’s situation.
Background and approach
That can mean practical skill building, talking through painful memories, or learning new ways to manage strong emotions. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses dialectical behavior ideas to help people tolerate distress and improve emotional regulation.
Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to build values-based action and present-moment awareness. Sessions often include clear, simple strategies you can try between meetings. She aims to teach tools for managing stress, anger, mood swings, and relationship struggles.
Parents and people worried about career or life transitions can get concrete steps to reduce overwhelm. Dr. McCurdy says respect and compassion guide her work.
If a client needs a different kind of help, she can provide referrals to other professionals. She offers sessions in English and does not work with international clients.
How these approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small, values-based steps even when feelings are hard. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It’s commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive actions, and improving relationships, which can help with anger, mood swings, and trauma-related difficulties.Finding the right fit is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust the plan as needed based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy lets people meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for regular sessions and short check-ins. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, try brief coping prompts, or continue progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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