Sophie Offer,
LCSW 121864
The Process
If you’re here, you’re probably tired of holding everything together on your own. The overthinking. The self-doubt. The anxiety that shows up at the worst times.
The relationship patterns you keep trying to outgrow.
The feeling that everyone else got a rule book for life…and somehow you didn’t.
You want to understand yourself more deeply - not in a vague, abstract way, but in a way that feels clarifying, grounding, and genuinely relieving.
You want real self-soothing skills you can use in the moment, not “just think positive” advice. You want to feel more rooted in who you are, build trust in yourself, and learn how to regulate your mind and body when things get overwhelming.
I get it.
A Starting Point
Our Work Together
Therapy with me is a place to slow things down and make sense of what you're carrying. Together, we'll explore your internal landscape. We'll take note of what's been neglected, what's overgrown, and what's quietly asking for care.
We'll take stock of what can be released, what needs tending, and what we might want to add to help your inner world feel more balanced, grounded, and alive. Like restoring a garden back to health.
Our work is collaborative, supportive, and grounded in curiosity. Sessions are a space where you can be honest, reflective, emotional, or unsure (without needing to have everything figured out). Over time, therapy becomes a place where insight starts to land, emotions feel more manageable, and you begin to respond to yourself with more steadiness and self-trust.
Ultimately, my goal is to support you in developing the insight and skills to become your own inner guide - so you feel more confident navigating life both in and outside of therapy.
My Approach
My approach to therapy is integrative, thoughtful, and grounded in both insight and skill-building. I draw from psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, anda cceptance based therapy to help clients understand the roots of their patterns while also developing practical tools for emotion regulation.
Psychodynamic work helps us explore how early experiences, relationships, and core beliefs continue to shape our present. Cognitive and behavioral approaches support awareness of thought patterns and offer concrete strategies for responding differently. Acceptance based approaches focus on learning how to relate to emotions with more flexibility and compassion.
My approaches are rooted in my education which I received at USC for both undergraduate (B.A. in Psychology) and gradute (Masters of Social Work) from USC's Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, along with clinical experience across public mental health, residential, and substance use treatment settings, intensive outpatient programs, and private practice. I have received specialized training in CBT and CBT under clinicians certified in these modalities, which informs how I integrate structure, depth, and practical support in our work.
