About Sophie
Sophie Robinson-Matthews helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief and low self-esteem. She supports those facing life changes, parenting strain, sleep problems, work pressure and trauma or abuse. Sophie also works with concerns such as anger, compassion fatigue and ADHD.
She offers a calm, warm approach and uses person-centred values to guide each meeting. Sophie draws on a mix of practical methods rather than a single model. She uses person-centred counselling at the core of her work, which means she listens without judgement and follows the client's pace.
How Sophie works
She also integrates techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and attachment-based ideas when they fit the person’s goals. Sessions are tailored to the individual. Sophie aims to help people build self-esteem, find more autonomy and reduce overwhelm through small, manageable changes.
She often uses insight-oriented questions to help clients notice patterns and make different choices day to day. Her background includes six years of experience in therapeutic roles and a BACP membership. Sophie has worked in support services since 2012 and keeps up with current research and tools to inform her practice.
She is respectful of pronoun choice and seeks to create a supportive space for clients to explore what matters to them. People who choose Sophie usually want a compassionate listener who also brings practical skills. She focuses on helping people increase hope and develop coping skills that can be used beyond therapy.
The work aims to leave clients feeling more able to manage life and move toward what they value.
Sophie lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- 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
What Sophie works with
The areas below are the ones Sophie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behaviour and testing small changes to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with trust, attachment issues and relationship difficulties.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Sophie will discuss what matters to the client, their goals and preferences, and suggest which approaches to try. Together they review what works and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls recreate face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into short breaks and require less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for immediate check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family and other commitments while keeping therapy practical and accessible.
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