Sophie Benson , NCPS

Sophie Benson is a counsellor who works from a person-centred perspective to help people facing stress, anxiety and changes in life. She holds NCPS and brings five years of professional experience. Sophie aims to create a calm space where people can talk without judgement. She focuses on women's issues alongside a broad range of everyday concerns.

In sessions she supports people with parenting strain, family conflict and relationship worries. She also helps with low self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related issues and career uncertainty. Sophie has experience working with people who have ADHD and autism and attends to the particular challenges they describe.

Her approach combines client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused work. Sophie uses psychodynamic ideas too, helping people look at repeated patterns and how past experiences affect the present. She adapts her style to the person in front of her rather than sticking to one method.

People can expect conversational sessions that include reflection, goal-setting and practical coping ideas. Sophie often uses short exercises between sessions to help new skills stick. She aims for clear, straightforward support so people can manage day-to-day pressures more easily.

Sophie works with concerns such as eating difficulties, panic attacks, obsessions and compulsions, impulsivity, infidelity and midlife questions. Her work also covers issues around body image, blended families, communication problems and cancer-related strain.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Sophie blends client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques to help people online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding, giving the person room to tell their story and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and uses simple exercises to reduce anxiety, panic and low mood.

Choosing an approach is a joint process. Sophie will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest ways to work together. She adapts techniques if something does not feel helpful and checks in often about progress and next steps.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is needed. Phone sessions can be quicker and need less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life and busy schedules.