Genevieve Sofranec, LCSW, LISW

Genevieve Sofranec is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, research-backed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and brings six years of clinical experience in Ohio and Kentucky. Genevieve aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about hard things and learn new ways to cope.

She left a career in business management in 2013 to pursue therapy after a difficult personal period. That change shaped how she views hardship - as a source of learning and growth when handled with care. Genevieve focuses on self-esteem, identity, and personal transformation while also helping with relationship and intimacy concerns.

Her practice includes work with grief, addictions, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and pain, and a wide range of family and communication issues. She also addresses concerns such as body image, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and parenting stress. Sessions often target practical skills for day-to-day life alongside processing deeper emotional wounds.

Genevieve draws from approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. She blends structured skill work with empathetic listening to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different choices.

People who come to her can expect a collaborative process that balances short-term coping strategies with longer-term values-based work. She aims to help clients build resilience, clearer goals, and sustainable habits that support wellbeing.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-world experiments. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, thought records, and homework between appointments to build new habits and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what they value and take small actions toward those goals while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings. In an online setting ACT can use brief mindfulness practices and values-based action plans that clients practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face interactions for skill work, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets someone check in quickly, and messaging supports ongoing short reflections between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related routines.