Sophie Lockwood
Person-centred counsellor focusing on recovery and trauma
About Sophie
Sophie Lockwood is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She aims to create a welcoming space where people can talk about what is worrying them and make small steps towards change. Sophie uses a person-centred approach that puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions.
She has worked with stress, anxiety, depression and bipolar difficulties, and supports people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Sophie also has experience with bereavement, low self-esteem, anger and complicated family situations. Her additional focus areas include working with people affected by sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink, and those coping with serious illness or end-of-life concerns. In practice she listens without judgement and follows each person’s lead.
Sophie works in a non-directive way so people can make sense of their feelings and decide what changes they want to try. She draws on her background as a recovery worker and harm reduction practitioner when supporting people with substance misuse issues.
Her current role involves supporting women who have experienced sexual trauma, violence, exploitation and trafficking, and she has volunteered with services helping people affected by domestic abuse. Sophie describes the therapeutic relationship as a place to build understanding and practical coping skills. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
To begin, clients follow an online matching process and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
What Sophie works with
How Sophie works
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Sessions & fees
Person-centred care and online access
Sophie practises Client-Centred Therapy which focuses on listening, empathy and helping people find their own answers. This approach is useful for issues such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem and coping with life changes because it encourages understanding and personal choice.She also brings practical experience from recovery work and harm reduction into online sessions, helping people navigate addictions and related challenges through steady, non-judgemental support. That practical perspective can help when people want help with behaviour change or managing strong emotions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sophie will discuss goals and preferences with each person and together they will decide what feels most helpful. The process is collaborative and she adapts methods to suit the individual's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit a break at work or need less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around daily life and practical constraints.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
