Sophie Robinson-Matthews, BACP

Sophie Robinson-Matthews is a psychotherapeutic counsellor registered with the BACP and has six years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, life changes, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger and career difficulties. Sophie also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue, ADHD and codependency concerns.

Sophie uses a person-centred way of working as her core style. That means conversations begin with the client's own priorities and values. She combines that with practical tools from cognitive and behavioural approaches when helpful. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to understand and manage so people can choose different actions.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy alongside client-centred methods. Sophie often asks questions that help people notice patterns, clarify values and try small behavioural changes. She describes herself as integrative and mixes methods to suit each person's needs.

Sophie has a background in psychology study and years in support services before offering counselling. She will work with preferred pronouns and attends ongoing professional development. Her practice stresses clear, evidence-informed techniques rather than untested trends.

Sophie invites people who want more autonomy, steadier emotions or clearer boundaries to explore practical steps in sessions. She encourages learning new ways of responding to stress, rebuilding self-esteem and reducing reactivity in difficult relationships.

How Sophie uses evidence-based approaches online