Dr. Sonya Heckler, a licensed professional counselor, has more than ten years counseling experience and established a private counseling practice in 2001.
Dr. Heckler's clientele includes children, adolescents, adults and families. Her specializations in counseling have included individuals and families through the foster care and adoption systems. She has counseled foster and adopted children, their foster and adoptive parents and families, as well as the biological families of children. Specific areas of focus include behavior problems; ADHD; learning disabilities; parenting issues; marriage, separation and divorce; victims of domestic violence; grief and loss; identity; trauma; anger management, and addictions. Dr. Heckler also counsels individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, and esteem.
Dr. Heckler has certifications as a parent trainer, anger management therapist, and animal assisted therapist. She is an experienced expert witness in the courts and conducts social/adoptive studies for families involved in the adoption process.
She counsels children from the age of 2, adolescents, and adults of all ages. She also conducts social studies for families pursuing adoption.