Genevieve Sofranec

Genevieve Sofranec is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate hard emotional moments. She brings a practical, caring approach to challenges like anxiety, depression, and stress. Genevieve uses straightforward talk and collaborative planning to help people find clearer direction and feel more in control.

She shifted careers from business management in 2013 after a difficult personal period. That change shaped how she sees setbacks - as opportunities to learn and grow. She focuses on building self-awareness, identity, and self-compassion while working toward everyday improvements.

Genevieve draws from several evidence-informed methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and mindfulness practices. In sessions she blends these tools to match a person’s needs rather than following a single script. Expect practical strategies alongside chances to reflect and process feelings.

Her work covers a wide range of concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictive behaviors, body image and eating-related struggles, ADHD, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and career or life changes. She also addresses issues connected to adoption, blended families, and separation.

Genevieve holds LCSW and LISW credentials and practices in Ohio. She emphasizes respect and nonjudgment in the therapy room, and she aims to help people build sustainable habits for mental and emotional wellbeing.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect to what matters most. It uses values-based choices and simple exercises to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and introduces practical steps to change patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness skills that reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.

Choosing an approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. Clients and the therapist check in together about what is helping and adjust the plan as needed.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments from wherever the client is located within the therapist's permitted practice area. Because specific session formats were not listed, confirm current session options before booking to learn how she conducts meetings and what fits your routine. Online sessions can be useful for shorter check-ins, focused skills practice, or regular weekly work when getting to an office is difficult.