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THERAPY IN IRVINE AND ONLINE ACROSS CALIFORNIA

Therapy for High-Achieving Women, Couples, and Families

You may be capable, responsible, and accomplished and still feel anxious, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected underneath.

I help women, couples, and families understand the patterns keeping them stuck, regulate difficult emotions, and create more fulfilling relationships with themselves and others.

You do not have to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in recurring patterns is reason enough to seek support.

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Meet your therapist

Sophie Song-Fang, MA, AMFT

Many of the clients I work with are thoughtful, capable, and accustomed to holding everything together. Underneath that competence, they may feel anxious, emotionally exhausted, self-critical, or disconnected from their needs. Clients often tell me they feel deeply heard and understood without feeling judged. Together, we connect experiences from the past with patterns in the present, bringing clarity to places that previously felt confusing or difficult to understand.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and active. Along with creating space for reflection, I offer practical strategies you can use to regulate emotions, establish boundaries, improve relationships, and create meaningful change.

Read my story

You may be here because…

  • Your mind rarely slows down, even when everything appears fine.

  • You feel responsible for everyone and guilty when you prioritize yourself.

  • Perfectionism or ADHD makes everyday responsibilities feel overwhelming.

  • You understand your patterns intellectually but cannot seem to change them.

  • Motherhood, postpartum changes, or perimenopause have left you feeling unlike yourself.

  • Past experiences continue to affect how you feel, react, and relate.

  • You and your partner keep having different versions of the same argument.

  • Your family is struggling with boundaries, communication, or trust.

Therapy can help you understand what is happening beneath these patterns, respond to yourself with greater compassion, and develop practical tools for meaningful change.

Ways we can work together

Services

Individual Therapy

Therapy for women and high-achieving professionals experiencing anxiety, depression, ADHD, burnout, perfectionism, trauma, postpartum changes, perimenopause, or major life transitions.

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Couples Therapy

Understand the cycle beneath recurring arguments, communicate vulnerable needs more safely, and rebuild trust, emotional connection, and intimacy.

Explore Couples Therapy

Family Therapy

Help parents, teens, and family members establish clearer boundaries, reduce conflict, navigate transitions, and rebuild trust within the family.

Explore Family Therapy
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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

Viktor Frankl

The experience

Therapy with me feels like

Supportive and active. A safe space where you feel deeply heard, alongside strategies you can carry into the week ahead. Warm, collaborative, and infused with curiosity — I'll help you reflect, and also guide you toward lasting change.

Holistic by nature

Nervous system, body, story, and relationships — all held together.

Evidence-based

EMDR, psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, and narrative approaches, woven to fit you.

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Begin

A conversation is the first, gentlest step.

I offer complimentary 15-minute consultations for new clients. This is a low-pressure opportunity to share what you are looking for, ask questions, and see whether working together feels like a good fit.

REQUEST A FREE 15-MINUTE CONSULTATION