Sonia Roberts , BACP

Sonia Roberts is a counsellor who uses a calm, patient style to help people work through stress, anxiety and family issues. She holds BACP registration and has three years of professional experience in counselling work. Sonia draws on a long background in social care to support conversations about parenting, self-esteem and motivation.

She aims to create a steady space where people can talk honestly about what is worrying them. Sonia describes herself as non-judgemental and listens for patterns that keep causing pain. She often helps people name feelings and consider small, practical changes they can try between sessions.

Sonia blends client-centred ways of working with cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking. That means she pays attention to what matters most to the person now, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and considers how past experiences shape current relationships. This mix is useful for dealing with anxiety, low mood, and relationship stresses.

Common topics she supports include parenting strain, family conflict, body image, grief around separation, and issues linked to chronic illness or caregiving. She also works with feelings of abandonment, guilt, isolation and questions about life purpose.

Her background in social care gives practical perspective to emotional work. Sonia hopes to help people feel steadier, clearer and more connected to their choices as they move forward.

How Sonia's approaches work online

Sonia combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic ideas to guide online sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person, helping them feel understood and able to set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety and low mood. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to past experiences and relationship patterns to understand how they show up now, often helpful for attachment and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and Sonia treats it as a collaborative process. She will talk through options, try brief experiments, and adjust the way she works based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. The style of therapy can shift as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video is useful for a fuller conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit short check-ins or times when writing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and make it easier to continue regular sessions.