Sophie Robinson-Matthews

Sophie Robinson-Matthews is a BACP counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports clients with self-esteem, parenting strains, sleep problems, anger, career concerns, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related issues. Sophie uses a warm, accepting style and prefers person-centred work where the client's experience leads the sessions.

She describes her practice as integrative, drawing on several evidence-based approaches to match each person's needs. Sophie blends psychological and counselling perspectives so sessions can include reflection, practical skills and behavioural experiments when helpful. She aims to help people increase self-esteem, gain more autonomy and build hope for the future.

Sophie highlights identity, anxiety (including OCD-related struggles), bereavement and communication as key areas of interest. She also works with issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, codependency, dissociation and eating or fertility concerns. Her approach is encouraging and focused on helping clients make meaningful mindset and behavioural changes.

She has worked in support services since 2012 and brings six years of direct practice experience to her counselling work. Sophie keeps up with research and mixes clinical and holistic ideas when they have a sound evidence base. She uses insight-oriented questions alongside practical techniques to help clients deepen self-awareness and take steps forward.

Sophie is comfortable using preferred pronouns and aims to tailor each session to the individual's goals. To begin, she asks clients to consider what they want to change and then shapes sessions around those aims.

How Sophie’s approaches translate to online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect current responses, which can be useful for attachment, abandonment and relationship concerns. Client-Centred Therapy puts the client's experience at the centre, offering a non-judgemental space where the person leads the pace and focus of sessions.

Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. Sophie will work with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful for their goals and preferences, and she adapts techniques as the work unfolds. The aim is to find a practical mix that supports change and builds skills in everyday life.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit talks into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people use therapies such as ACT exercises or attachment-focused reflection from wherever they are, helping therapy fit around day-to-day life rather than the other way round.