Sunya Kapidya , LCSW, CSW

Sunya Kapidya is a licensed social worker based in Atlanta, Georgia, bringing eight years of experience across program development, inpatient and outpatient treatment, and hospice care. She has received training in a range of clinical areas while working in hospital settings, supporting people of all ages, backgrounds, and diagnoses. Her work has included developing programs and delivering care in both short-term and ongoing treatment environments, giving her a broad perspective on mental health and recovery.

Sunya approaches therapy with the belief that people often hold the seeds of their own solutions and that therapy can help uncover and strengthen those resources. She combines evidence-informed approaches with a client-centered stance to help clients address concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and challenges related to identity and intimacy. Sunya also works with issues like parenting, career transitions, chronic illness, caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment, and blended family dynamics.

She holds the credentials LCSW and CSW - LCSW indicating Licensed Clinical Social Worker and CSW indicating Certified Social Worker - and she draws on therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Sunya aims to collaborate with each person to explore goals, build coping skills, and foster the healthiest and most fulfilling version of their life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Sunya integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her online practice. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and learning practical strategies to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful action - it can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, making it useful for relationship issues, attachment concerns, abandonment, and family dynamics. CBT concentrates on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning, often applied to stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction-related challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sunya works collaboratively with each person to understand their needs, goals, and preferences and will adapt techniques or combine approaches as appropriate so the therapy fits the individual rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can happen by video call, over the phone, via live chat, or through text-based messaging - which helps people fit therapy into busy schedules and access licensed professionals from their own communities. This range of options supports continuity of care and makes it easier to maintain progress even when life circumstances change.