About Sonia
Sonia Dugay greets people with warmth and a calm presence. She aims to make the first step feel easier for anyone nervous about starting therapy. Sonia listens without judgement and helps people talk through painful or confusing experiences so they can move forward with more hope.
She has nine years' experience and works from a client-centred stance. That means she focuses on what each person needs and draws out their own answers rather than prescribing solutions.
How Sonia works
Sonia also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how earlier life experiences may be affecting current feelings and relationships. Sonia has worked in a support centre for survivors of rape and sexual abuse and has supported people with anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, intimacy difficulties, eating issues and self-harm.
More recently she has practised privately and helped people dealing with loneliness, career changes and midlife relationship struggles. She also offers help with relationship and family matters, parenting stress, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image and forgiveness work.
Sonia is comfortable talking about complex situations such as domestic violence, divorce and DNA surprises, and she aims to create a steady space to offload and reflect. Sessions are conducted in English and Sonia accepts international clients. She believes movement and exercise support mental health and sometimes encourages practical self-care alongside therapy.
Sonia brings a friendly, warm and open attitude to her work and looks forward to meeting people ready to begin.
Sonia lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Sonia works with
The areas below are the ones Sonia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of each session. The therapist listens, reflects and helps the person find their own answers, which can be especially useful for relationship concerns, low self-esteem and decision points. Psychodynamic therapy looks at how past experiences shape present patterns and feelings, helping to explain recurring difficulties in relationships or emotional responses. Solution-focused therapy is brief and goal-oriented, concentrating on practical steps and what someone wants to change next; it can be helpful for coping with life changes, stress and clearer planning.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sonia will discuss different options and adapt methods to match a person's goals, preferences and the problems they bring. This is a collaborative process where the therapeutic path can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people keep face-to-face contact without travel, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, ongoing reflection or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats give flexibility to arrange therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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