Dr. Sonya Lorelle PhD, LPC, RPT-S

Sonya Lorelle is a Clinical Associate Professor for the Family Institute at Northwestern University. She is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia and Illinois, and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She has provided services to families and children experiencing homelessness and developed and implemented adult education programs on parenting. In addition to play therapy, Lorelle also has an interest in international counseling and has volunteered to train counselors and provide counseling overseas. She is a Master Trainer of the Mental Health Facilitator (MHF) program through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). During four trips to Bhutan, she provided counseling services and training at a high school and elementary school. provided inpatient and outpatient counseling for children and adults in a psychiatric hospital setting, and provided a play therapy training to counselors at a domestic violence shelter. She received the Counselor Educator of the Year Award for the doctoral program from the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling in Illinois in 2018.