Sophie Ibekwem
Compassionate person-centred counselling
About Sophie
Sophie Ibekwem is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people concerned about stress, anxiety, relationships and low self-esteem. She supports clients facing depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and those coping with major life changes, addictions or compassion fatigue. Sophie also addresses issues around intimacy, eating and sleeping, and work-related worries such as career uncertainty and burnout.
Sophie uses a person-centred style that aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space.
Background and approach
She works alongside people rather than telling them what to do, helping them set boundaries and build self-care habits. Conversations focus on the goals that matter to each individual rather than fitting everyone to the same template. With six years of experience, Sophie holds NCPS and BACP credentials as listed.
She has supported people recovering from difficult childhoods and those rebuilding after narcissistic or domestic abuse. Sophie is currently undertaking further study in Transactional Analysis and psychoanalytical theory to deepen her understanding of relationship patterns. Sessions can explore patterns such as abandonment, attachment and codependency.
Practical areas like communication problems, parenting strain and blended family issues are also addressed. Sophie tailors sessions to the person in front of her and helps clients develop clearer choices and small, achievable steps. Her approach combines listening with practical problem-solving.
People who want to change unhelpful habits or grow confidence will work on manageable actions between sessions. Sophie describes therapy as a partnership aimed at helping people move toward a more focused and satisfying life.
What Sophie works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Person-centred counselling places the client's experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the person's pace and priorities, which can help with low self-esteem, stress and relationship concerns.Transactional Analysis and psychoanalytical ideas look at repeated patterns in relationships and behaviour. These approaches help people recognise old ways of reacting - for example around attachment, abandonment or control issues - and try different responses that suit their current life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will help identify what seems most useful based on the individual's needs and goals, and may combine elements from different ways of working. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions can be adjusted over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are close to face-to-face work, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect and reply in their own time. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments, and to choose the format that feels most comfortable.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
Questions people ask
What concerns does Sophie support?
What is her counselling style?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are offered and are international sessions available?
What session formats are offered?
How does pricing work?
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- NCPS, BACP
- Languages
- English
