Serving Fairfield & Westchester Counties
203.552.5280

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Sonya has been involved with public and private schools in the Greenwich, CT, and the Westchester - Fairfield County region as well as other organizations (i.e. Girl Scouts, Greenwich Coalition to Combat Underaged Drinking {GCCUD}).

She gives presentations on eating disorders, adolescence and parenting strategies. She has been a volunteer for the Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Center in Stamford, Ct and The Den for Grieving Children in Greenwich, Ct.

 e d u c a t i o n

• The University of Chicago
  Masters of Social Work
  
  
• The University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Bachelors of Business Administration
  
  
• Continuing education dealing with a variety of topics
  
  • Addiction, Adolescents, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Blended families, Brain Science, CBT, Coaching, DBT, Depression, Divorce, Eating disorders, Incest, Family Systems Work, Grief/loss, Mindfulness, Meditation, Parenting, Play therapy, Self Injury, Sexual abuse, Spirituality, Step Parenting, Stress…
    
    

 c l i n i c a l    w o r k    e x p e r i e n c e

Private Practice - Greenwich, CT

• Current

Silver Hill Hospital Psychiatric Treatment Center, New Canaan, CT

• Assessment and intervention in the Inpatient, Outpatient and Partial Hospital (PHP) Eating Disorder Program
• Group Leader for Eating Disorders Program
• Worked with Chemically Dependent and Adult Psychiatric populations
• Admissions, treatment and discharge planning for adolescents and adults
• Community resource liaison and collaboration for patients and their families
• Conducted educational programs for family members
• Medical interdisciplinary teamwork

Yale Psychiatric Institute, New Haven, CT

• Provided and coordinated care for teens in the Inpatient Adolescent Unit
• Collaborated with medical team, schools, and other agencies for teens and their families
• Dealt with all types of mental health diagnosis and issues
• Worked with juvenile detention population on prison grounds

Community Family Service and Mental Health Center, Western Springs, IL

• Counseled children, adolescents, parents, families, adults, and couples
• Worked with Adoption population
• Community outreach to populations from a broad range of socio-economic levels as well as diverse ethnic backgrounds
• Participated in Strategic Family Systems team treatment

University of Chicago Hospital, Hyde Park, IL

• Short term assessment and intervention
• Discharge planning
• Collaboration with community resources for patients and their families