Sonja has conducted a private Counselling/Psychotherapy and Coaching practice located on Sydney’s North Shore for the past 14 years . During this time she developed and presented numerous professional and personal development training courses, authored a book as well as countless other publications, developed and maintained an interactive web-service for blended families and has made numerous public speaking and media appearances.

Passionate about personal and professional development, Sonja considers herself a change agent and is committed to enhancing individual’s potential in all areas of life. Fuelled by the conviction that every person is capable of doing whatever it takes to achieve their best, it is her privilege to function as coach, mentor, therapist, facilitator and educator. 

SONJA’S VISION is to assist each individual to:

*  Become the best person they can be.?
*  Develop the most rewarding relationships they can have.
*  Use their unique qualities, abilities and strengths so they will be able to?        
*   pursue their most cherished dreams.?
*  Achieve maximum personal development and growth.

SONJA’S DESIRE is to:

*  Help those who struggle with difficulties in their lives - who've had it tough in the past or are finding little joy in their present - to overcome their hurdles, develop their strengths and discover their brilliance.

*  Assist those who just need a kick-start towards implementing empowering changes so that they may be able to move towards a more satisfying future.

*  Walk alongside those who are grieving a loss (whether their grief is due to the death of a loved one or to separation or divorce…or the loss of a desired goal, a hope, a vision or a dream).

*  Empower those who are suffering the pain of disappointment, rejection, anger, failure (or fear of failure); an inability to forgive and to move beyond these crippling emotions.

*  Assist those who suffer the agonies of depression and crippling anxiety by devising the kind of life-strategies that will lead them out of their pain.

*  Enable those who are lacking in work/life balance, have difficulties in prioritising and/or are slaves to their jobs, to develop healthier ways of functioning within their environment.

*  Assist those who are struggling with relationship issues (in their marriage or love relationship, their friendships, their families or their work environment) to develop more satisfying and successful ways of relating.

In summary, Sonja desires to ENCOURAGE, EMPOWER AND INSPIRE each individual, whose life she has the privilege of touching, to create a life for themselves of which they can be proud  -  a life filled with purpose, joy, love, happiness and peace.

SONJA’S COMMITMENT is to:

*  Give each individual whose struggles, pains, concerns, desires, dream and goals I have the privilege of sharing, my complete and undivided attention.

*  Respect each person's uniqueness and individuality.

*  Acknowledge, respect and honour each person's right to self-determination, personal values, beliefs and choices.

*  Confidentiality.

SONJA’S QUALIFICATIONS:

Master of Counselling degree – University of Western Sydney
Graduate Diploma – Australian College of Applied Psychology
NLP Training – Australian College of Applied Psychology
Cert IV – Assessment and Workplace Training

WORK COVER APPROVED

SONJA’S MEMBERSHIPS:

R.M.P.A.C.F.A. - Registered Member of The Psychotherapy & Counselling Federation of Australia
C.M.C.A.P.A. - Clinical Member of The Counselling & Psychotherapy Association of New South Wales
A.M.I.G.L. - Associate Member of The Institute of Group Leaders

SONJA’S MEDIA APPEARANCES:

INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION:

CHANNEL NEWSASIA/SINGAPORE
Prime Time Breakfast TV with Gerard Lam & Suzanne Jung

RADIO
FM93.8 - "Parenting Today" WITH Susan Ng

NATIONAL

SBS TV 
CHANNEL 7 (Today Tonight)
Life Matters ABC Radio
Tony Delroy

NSW & ACT 

Sunday Life (Daily Telegraph)
Hornsby Advocate
Manly Daily
North Shore Times
Sydney Weekly

Radio 2GB

Radio 103.2FM
Radio 2CN
ABC Canberra
Radio 2NC 
ABC Newcastle

Radio 2GF Grafton
Radio 2Brock
Radio 2RG
Radio Triple Z

VIC

The Age
Radio 3AW
Radio 3AK
Radio Southern FM
Radio 927 Sport
Radio 3RPP

SA/NT

Radio 5AA
Radio 5DN
ABC Territory

WA/TAS/QLD

Radio 4MI
Mt Isa ABC
Radio 7ZR ABC
Hobart ABC
Radio Gold Coast
Radio Bay FM
Radio ABC WA