Sophie Robinson-Matthews
Person-centred counsellor for anxiety and life changes
About Sophie
Sophie Robinson-Matthews helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem and life changes. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, career stress, compassion fatigue and ADHD. Sophie works with a wide range of related concerns such as attachment issues, body image, eating-related worries and fertility or caregiver stress.
Sophie uses a person-centred way of working at the heart of her practice.
Background and approach
That means she offers warmth, acceptance and a steady, non-judgemental presence while you talk through what matters to you. Sessions are tailored to each person so the work fits your goals and situation rather than sticking to one fixed method. She blends approaches from cognitive behavioural ideas, acceptance and commitment principles, attachment-based thinking and dialectical skills.
In practice this might look like noticing unhelpful patterns, trying small behaviour changes, learning emotion regulation skills or reflecting on relationship patterns that repeat. Sophie favours clear, practical steps alongside deeper conversation about identity and meaning. Sophie has six years of experience working in support services and holds BACP accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She keeps up with new research and mixes learning from psychology, counselling and other relevant fields to inform her work. People can expect an encouraging and compassionate style. Sophie aims to help clients build self-esteem, increase choice and make changes that reduce overwhelm and improve daily life.
She uses questions and gentle challenges to promote insight and practical movement towards goals.
What Sophie works with
How Sophie works
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Sessions & fees
How Sophie’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and struggling with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at recurring patterns in relationships and helps people understand and change those patterns to feel more connected and safe. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating a warm, accepting space so people can explore themselves and find their own solutions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Sophie will discuss options with each person and together decide what fits the client’s goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and can change as needs evolve over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation from wherever is convenient. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for frequent, brief contact or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or travel while allowing ongoing progress with practical skills and reflective exploration.
| 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
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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-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
