Sontra Carmouche, LCSW

Sontra Carmouche is a licensed clinical social worker who centers sessions on each person's strengths. She uses a respectful, collaborative style to help people manage stress and anxiety and build confidence. Her approach emphasizes practical steps people can try between sessions. Sontra welcomes straightforward conversations about goals and hurdles so clients can move toward change at their own pace.

Sontra draws on five years of clinical experience in Louisiana. She believes clients are the experts on their own stories and works alongside them to identify what already helps. Sessions often focus on motivation, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also addresses concerns such as addiction, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.

Her methods include Client-Centered Therapy, which looks to the person's priorities and views them as the authority on their life. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone wants to build momentum for change and needs a clear plan. Solution-Focused Therapy narrows in on specific, achievable steps to try next.

Sontra also supports people facing aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and process addictions like gambling or exercise-related problems. She works with common everyday struggles such as sleeping and eating difficulties and compassion fatigue.

People who meet with Sontra typically find sessions are practical and goal-oriented. To get started, she asks clients to name a few priorities and then creates short, manageable actions to try between meetings. Her style is direct, steady, and centered on the client's goals.

How Sontra's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy starts by following the person’s lead and focusing on what matters most to them. It helps when someone wants a therapist who listens first and then supports the goals they already care about.

Motivational Interviewing is brief, goal-minded, and useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change. It helps clarify values and build small momentum toward personal goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will ask about needs, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past, then suggest an approach or mix of approaches to try collaboratively.

Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm the available session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time so people can use the time more efficiently. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to focus on stress, anxiety, motivation, sleep, and other practical concerns while coordinating goals across sessions.