Sophie Wilfin, BACP

Sophie Wilfin is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief and loss, parenting struggles, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, and codependency. Sophie also works with intimacy-related issues, body image and self-esteem concerns, eating and anger difficulties, and life changes such as career shifts.

She uses plain talk and active listening in sessions. Sophie treats the person, not just a problem. She helps clients name what feels overwhelming and looks at practical steps to make day-to-day life more manageable. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills to cope with strong emotions, and ways to communicate needs more directly.

Sophie draws on approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. These methods inform how she works with patterns like people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or staying in relationships that drain energy. The work can include noticing thoughts and feelings, practising small behaviour changes, and improving connection with others.

Her background includes bereavement work at Barnet Bereavement, where she supported people through grief and loss. That role fed into her interest in family dynamics and attachment themes. Sophie combines that experience with conversational, skills-based sessions to help people manage immediate distress and build clearer boundaries.

To begin, she asks about what matters most to the client now. People are invited to set practical aims and try concrete steps between sessions. The emphasis is on steady changes that fit everyday life.

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