Sophia Etling

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Education & Training

Licensure

• LSW, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 2022

Degrees

• BS, Northwestern University, 2018
• MA, University of Chicago, 2022

Certifications

• Birth Doula, Doulas of North America (DONA), 2018
• Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2022
• Trauma Informed Care Certification, The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, 2022
• Contextual Behavioral Practices Program of Study, The University of Chicago, 2021-2022

Values & Philosophy

In you, there is both the raging warrior who fights with unbreakable honor, and the healer who brings together those things torn apart. – Rumi

I am a trauma-informed therapist. Trauma comes in many forms: individual, collective, and generational. You are the expert on your own identities and experiences. My job as a therapist is to bear witness to your experiences and empower you to gain the skills you need to make change in your life. My office is a judgment-free zone for us to grow, process, learn, and sometimes even laugh together. Real change can only be facilitated once we build a safe relationship marked by collaboration and mutual respect.

We all contain multitudes. My identities as a queer woman, an artist, an athlete, a birth doula, and a trauma survivor are reflected in my approach to therapy. I have experience working with survivors of complex trauma and community violence, as well as in the sex worker and LGBTQIA+ communities. I believe that all human beings are inherently resilient, and everyone deserves support in their time of need.

I work with…

• Individuals
• Relationships (triads, polycules, metamours, constellations, couples.)
• Families (chosen & family of origin)
• Adolescents

Modalities

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Narrative therapy
• Psychodynamic & Attachment-based Approaches
• Anti-racist, Intersectional Feminist Approach