Counsellor profile
Sonja Rodney, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - stress and relationships
Continue with SonjaWhere Sonja stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 404870
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Trauma-informed listening
- Solution-focused steps
- Attachment work
About Sonja
Sonja Rodney is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and big life changes. She also pays attention to attachment concerns, codependency, and related patterns such as avoidant or dependent traits.
Sonja learned about counselling from her own life experiences. She understands how hard it is to feel stuck or unheard in relationships and day-to-day life. In sessions she focuses on practical ways to untangle painful patterns and on understanding how past experiences shape present reactions.
Her approach blends client-centred listening with solution-focused tools and trauma-focused methods. That means time is spent both on talking through history and on identifying small changes that reduce anxiety and improve relationships. She adapts techniques to what each person finds most useful rather than following a fixed template.
Sessions may include exploring attachment dynamics, noticing unhelpful relationship habits, and developing clearer personal boundaries. She also supports people working through bereavement, separation, and the aftermath of abusive relationships. Work can look at beliefs around guilt, shame, and forgiveness as these come up.
Sonja offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. She asks people to use the site’s matching process to choose a session and to book an initial appointment so they can discuss goals and the best way to work together.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions can help
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being listened to and understood. The counsellor reflects your thoughts and feelings and helps you make sense of your reactions. This approach is useful when someone feels unheard or needs to clarify how they want to act in relationships.Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical steps that can change how a day or a relationship feels. It concentrates on current strengths and on what would be different if things improved. People often use it when they want concrete tools to manage anxiety or set clearer boundaries.
Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses how past traumatic events continue to influence emotions and behaviour. It helps people reduce reactivity and process difficult memories at a pace they can manage. This work can support recovery after abuse, violence, or other traumatic experiences.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The counsellor will work collaboratively to decide which approaches suit your goals and preferences. Sessions begin by setting priorities together and then testing practical steps to see what helps.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals offering remote work can still use the same talking and practical exercises they would in person, helping you to address relationship patterns, anxiety, and trauma in a way that fits your life.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, codependency, and related personality patterns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centred approach with elements of solution-focused and trauma-focused work. That means listening to your experience while also trying practical steps to reduce distress.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of counselling experience working with people affected by trauma, domestic abuse, bereavement, anxiety and relationship issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are offered?
Specific session formats are not listed in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the site button to see online therapy options, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.