About Sophia
Sophia Hammoudeh helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and grief. She supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, relationship or intimacy difficulties, low self-esteem, and struggles with eating or sleeping. She also works with career stress, parenting pressures, ADHD and coping with life changes.
Clients will find a straightforward, adaptable approach in sessions. Sophia uses short, clear language and focuses on what is happening now. She listens closely and helps people make small, practical changes that fit their life.
How Sophia works
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her way of working draws on several well known approaches. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores early patterns that affect current relationships. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work, with empathy and non-judgement. Sophia has five years of practice and holds BACP registration, which is listed as BACP.
She offers sessions in English and Arabic and accepts international clients. Appointments can be by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Practical matters are kept simple.
Therapy is provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and book a time that suits them.
Sophia lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Sophia works with
The areas below are the ones Sophia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Arabic |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings and to make choices that match their values. Online ACT can help with anxiety, stress, depression and decision making by practising short exercises and value-led actions between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they show up now. In remote work this often means talking through examples from day to day life and testing new ways of relating in real time. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and uses empathy and careful listening to help people feel heard and understood; this can be effective for low self-esteem and emotional overwhelm.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adapt methods based on the person's goals and preferences. Sessions are collaborative - approaches can be mixed and adjusted over time to find what fits best.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face to face connection when a visual conversation helps. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can suit shorter check ins or days when being on camera is hard. Live chat and text based messaging give flexibility for quick conversations, journalling or ongoing reflection between appointments. Registered or accredited professionals often use a mix of these formats so people can pick what works for them.
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A practical next step
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