About Sonia
Sonia Roberts practises in the United Kingdom and draws on Client-Centred, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic ideas in her work. She focuses on stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, family problems, low self-esteem and depression. Sonia aims to create a calm, patient space where people can talk things through and begin to feel more able to cope.
Sonia has three years of professional therapeutic experience and many more years working in social care.
How Sonia works
That background means she is used to handling practical pressures alongside emotional issues. She understands how long-term caring roles and chronic health concerns can wear people down. In sessions she listens without judgement and helps people notice patterns that make life harder.
Sonia uses Client-Centred techniques to follow what matters most to the individual. She also draws on CBT to break down stressful thoughts and develop doable strategies for change. Psychodynamic ideas are used to gently consider how past experiences shape current reactions.
Sonia does not rush this work; she helps people connect their history to present difficulties at a pace that feels safe. The focus is on practical steps as well as making sense of feelings. Many referral reasons she supports include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, communication problems, guilt and shame, and struggles with life purpose.
Sessions are intended to help people build clearer choices and steadier day-to-day coping.
Sonia lists 3 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Sonia works from Client-Centred and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy foundations and can also draw on psychodynamic ideas. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following what the person finds most important, which helps people feel understood and steer their own progress. CBT looks at the thinking and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety or low mood. Psychodynamic ideas help make links between past experiences and present reactions, useful for people wanting deeper understanding of recurring relationship or attachment issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sonia will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods to suit each person. That collaborative process means techniques can change as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions suit in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat provides a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, family and health demands while keeping the focus on making steady changes.
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