Hello! I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have over 12 years experience helping people manage symptoms of anxiety, including Social Anxiety, OCD, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. My current practice focuses on helping women manage symptoms related to anxiety. I work with women of all races, but especially women of color and mixed race women. My goal is to help you find relief from your symptoms so you can get back to the life that you've been missing out on. In addition to helping you find relief from anxiety symptoms, I also offer talk therapy for women adjusting to life's transitions, including but not limited to: Relationship changes, job changes, new child in the home, new diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, etc.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In your first session, we'll discuss why you've taken this courageous step to start therapy. I'll want to gather some history from you in order to better understand your past and patterns. We’ll discuss your goals for therapy and any concerns. We’ll then discuss your schedule and availability for future sessions. If at any point it feels like this isn’t the best match for either of us then we’ll discuss how I can assist you in continuing to find a therapist that’s a better match for you. My goal is to make you feel at ease, but to also help you reach your goals, whether that’s with me or someone else.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I’m really great at what I do because of my own life experiences. I’ve had to work really hard to get to where I am today and I’ve battled my whole life. I’m an anxiety and depression warrior myself, and I am also a Hashimoto’s warrior. I know how hard it is to grow up with childhood adversities and manage the residual effects of that. I grew up in a single parent household and in poverty, so I especially relate to those that have had a similar upbringing. I am of mixed race, my mother is from El Salvador and my father is half Black and half White. Growing up mixed race was not easy and I endured a lot of ignorance from others. It's hard to find others that can relate to the intersectionality of the mixed experience, so that is something that is definitely unique to my practice. Because of my own struggles with anxiety, OCD, and depression, I offer very practical ways to help people cope with their anxiety and depression, and have very realistic expectations of myself and of others. I’m extremely down to earth and relatable, and those are qualities that I look for in my own therapist. I’m not conventional or what someone would expect in a therapist. I consider myself to be “alternative” and eccentric. I love working with mixed women and women of color and helping them build their confidence, self-compassion, and find out what they are passionate about, and encouraging to go out there and achieve their goals in life. I am particularly great with working with women that have a history of anxiety, OCD, and panic disorders. I also have extensive history working with women with trauma and multigenerational trauma.

About Sophia J. Dupree