Sophie Robinson-Matthews, BACP
Person-centred counsellor with an integrative approach
About Sophie
Sophie Robinson-Matthews is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and low self-esteem. She supports those facing life changes, parenting strain, sleep problems, career worries and trauma-related concerns. Sophie also works with issues such as ADHD, anger, compassion fatigue and relationship challenges.
Sophie uses a person-centred style at the heart of her work. She aims to make sessions warm, accepting and focused on each person's needs. That means listening first, and helping clients find their own solutions rather than imposing a fixed programme.
Background and approach
Her approach is integrative. She draws on a mix of psychological ideas so each session is tailored to what a person needs in the moment. Tools and methods are chosen to fit goals like improving mood, managing anxiety, or coping with loss.
Sophie has worked in support services since 2012 and has six years of formal counselling experience. She holds BACP registration which reflects that she works within a recognised professional framework. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
Sophie uses insight-oriented questions, skills practice and paced discussion to help people build confidence and make small changes. She welcomes people who use their preferred pronouns and aims to create a respectful space for exploration. Her work is grounded in ongoing learning.
Sophie keeps up with research and combines elements from psychology, neuroscience and humanistic counselling to shape her practice. The focus is on helping people feel more hopeful, autonomous and able to live with less overwhelm.
How her approaches work online and what to expect
Sophie blends person-centred work with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and somatic-informed practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and helps people choose actions that match their values. This can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. A person-centred approach prioritises warmth and acceptance. The counsellor listens carefully and supports clients to discover their own path, which helps with self-esteem, bereavement and relationship concerns. Somatic-informed work pays attention to body sensations as part of emotional experience and can help when trauma or stress shows up physically. Finding the right method is a joint process. Sophie will discuss options and adapt techniques to each person's goals, pace and preferences so the approach fits the individual rather than the other way around. Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit those who prefer no video, and live chat or text-based messaging can work for shorter check-ins or people who find writing easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to access support from different locations.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior 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
- Licensed
- Languages
- English