VIRTUAL TRAUMA THERAPIST IN NEW YORK AND SOUTH CAROLINA
You’re used to being the person everyone relies on. You keep up with work, relationships, and responsibilities, even when you feel anxious, exhausted, or disconnected from yourself.
Therapy offers space to understand what’s underneath that pressure. Together, we can explore old patterns, make room for your needs, and practice a different way of relating to yourself and others.
You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.
Therapy for Anxiety, Burnout & Trauma
Support for What You’ve Been Carrying
Relationships
Understand recurring patterns with partners, friends, or family and explore trust, closeness, and boundaries.
Hyper Independence
For women who carry everyone’s needs, struggle to ask for help, and feel exhausted by doing it all.
ADHD
Explore the exhaustion of masking, the pressure to keep up, and strategies that fit how your mind works.
Boundaries
Work through perfectionism and people-pleasing, express your needs, and practice saying no with less guilt.
Therapy for Men
A space to explore relationship challenges, family roles, workplace pressure, and emotional needs.
Therapy Shaped Around You
Our work is shaped around your experiences, needs, and goals.
Individual Therapy
Weekly or biweekly sessions to explore complex trauma, relationship patterns, ADHD masking, and burnout.
Group Therapy
Therapist-led groups focused on people-pleasing, emotional boundaries, and connection with yourself and others.
Tools for Everyday Life
Practical strategies developed together, with room to adjust them as you learn what works for you.
Understand Your Patterns. Make Room for Change.
Understanding why you struggle can be a starting point. In therapy, we’ll connect your history with the patterns showing up today and explore changes you can practice in daily life.
Notice the expectations and beliefs that keep you under pressure.
Understand how past relationships affect trust and closeness.
Practice expressing your needs and setting boundaries.
Build ways to respond to stress with more choice.
Make space for rest, connection, and what matters to you.
“Irene brings warmth, humor, and authenticity into her work with clients. She combines her clinical expertise with a relational style that fosters trust and growth. Irene is an ideal therapist for those who want to truly dig deep, understand themselves better, and take real steps towards change.”
- Donnie Newman, LCSW
Meet Irene Sofia
I’m Irene Sofia Koutsidis-Martelli, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the founder of Irene Sofia Therapy. I am a trauma therapist in New York and South Carolina. I see clients virtually.
My practice focuses on supporting high-achieving and hyper-independent women who are tired from endless to-dos, over thinking, over extending, and feeling like asking for help makes them a burden. My clients are seeking support with anxiety, trauma, relationship patterns, and burnout.
I bring nearly a decade of experience and a warm, honest, relational approach. We’ll explore your experiences at a pace that works for you, with room for difficult feelings, inquisitive questions, and humor along the way.
How To Get Started
Starting therapy can feel like a lot. Here’s what you can expect:
Schedule a Free 15-Minute Consult
A free 15-minute phone call gives us a chance to talk about what brings you to therapy, answer your questions, and consider whether we’re a good fit.
If another clinician would better meet your needs, I can help you explore referrals.
Get to Know Each Other
In our hour-long first appointment, we’ll talk about what brings you in, your history, and what you hope will change.
You choose how much to share. Together, we’ll identify goals and begin shaping our work around your needs.
Build Understanding and Practice Change
In ongoing sessions, we’ll explore how your experiences affect the way you think, feel, and relate to others.
We’ll notice patterns together, try practical ways to respond differently, and check in about what’s helping.
A Space to Be Yourself
You may be ready to feel less overwhelmed, ask for what you need, or understand why familiar patterns keep returning. Therapy offers a place to explore those questions with support and curiosity.
Bring the parts of your life that feel complicated. We can begin there.
You Don’t Have to Earn Rest
When you’re used to measuring your worth by what you do for others, slowing down can feel uncomfortable. In therapy, we can explore where that pressure began and what it costs you today.
You can work toward boundaries, relationships, and daily choices that leave room for your needs, too.