Sophie Howe , BACP

Sophie Howe is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. She supports individuals dealing with depression, attention and concentration difficulties, addictions and relationship or intimacy concerns. Sophie is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and brings four years of practical experience to sessions.

She creates a welcoming space where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Sophie aims to make the first steps feel manageable and straightforward.

Sophie draws on several practical approaches. She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking. Attachment-based work informs how she thinks about relationship patterns and emotional bonds.

She also brings client-centred principles into the room, listening closely and following the client’s priorities. Emotionally-focused elements help when the main issues are about closeness, trust or recurring conflict.

People commonly come for help with stress, sleep and eating difficulties, grief, parenting strain, career transitions and compassion fatigue. Sophie also supports those affected by trauma, abandonment or adoption-related concerns. Her approach combines practical strategies with steady emotional support.

Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone meetings, live chat or messaging. Sophie accepts international clients and works in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session.

How Sophie’s approaches work online

Sophie uses cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment-based ideas and client-centred ways of working to help people online. Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behaviour and testing small changes to reduce distress. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties.

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and closeness. It can help with intimacy concerns, trust issues and repeated relationship difficulties. Client-centred work puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor listening closely and following what matters most to the client.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. Sophie will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt these as the work unfolds.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or messaging to suit different needs. Video meetings allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets people write between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep progress moving forward.