About Sophie
Sophie Robinson-Matthews is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression and the challenges that follow major life changes. She also helps with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger and work-related concerns.
Sophie lists phobias among her areas of focus and works with a broad range of related issues such as ADHD, compassion fatigue and body image worries. Sophie draws on person-centred or client-centred counselling at the heart of her practice.
Background and approach
That means she aims to offer warmth, acceptance and a steady, non-judgemental presence while you talk through what matters most to you. Sessions are shaped around the person in front of her rather than a fixed formula. She takes an integrative approach and mixes techniques from different therapies to meet individual needs.
You might notice Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools for unhelpful thinking, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) ideas about values and action, or emotion-focused and attachment-based ways of understanding relationships. Sophie has six years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She has worked in support services since 2012 and keeps updating her knowledge with current research and methods. Her style is encouraging and practical. She aims to help people gain more self-esteem, clearer boundaries and greater day-to-day coping.
Sessions are collaborative, with simple tools and questions designed to build insight and help move towards realistic goals.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Sophie commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match your values. ACT is useful for anxiety, avoidance patterns and overwhelm because it emphasises practical steps rather than fighting thoughts.She also uses elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours. CBT techniques can be helpful for specific worries, sleep problems and patterns that keep problems going. Sophie mixes these with person-centred listening so conversations stay grounded in what matters to you.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with you to decide which methods fit your goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as you learn what helps. That way you build a practical toolkit together rather than fitting yourself to a single model.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets you have a full conversation with visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins and messaging suits people who prefer written reflection. These options help therapy fit around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on useful, practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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