Sophie Robinson-Matthews , BACP

Sophie Robinson-Matthews is a counsellor who supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and self-esteem concerns. She also helps with relationship worries, parenting strains, sleeping problems, anger, career stress and compassion fatigue. Sophie works with people facing trauma, abuse, ADHD and the life changes that follow difficult events. Her core way of working is person-centred counselling, which means sessions begin with the person and their priorities. She offers warmth, acceptance and encouragement while helping people notice what matters to them. Sophie describes her practice as integrative, pulling from several evidence-based methods to match each person’s needs. Sophie uses techniques from therapies such as cognitive behavioural approaches, acceptance and commitment work, attachment-focused ideas and skills drawn from dialectical behaviour style work. She often asks insight-oriented questions to help people build self-awareness and try new ways of coping. Practical tools and behavioural steps feature alongside reflective conversation. She has six years’ experience in therapeutic roles and a background in psychology and counselling study. Sophie holds BACP status, which is shown as a professional credential in her profile. She keeps learning and blends newer research with tested methods when planning sessions. Sophie is comfortable supporting people who identify as women and can discuss issues such as PMDD, PME or menstrual-related concerns. She also welcomes preferred pronouns and aims to help people increase autonomy, self-esteem and hope so they can move towards a life with less overwhelm and more satisfaction.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small, values-based steps despite difficult feelings. ACT can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions by building flexibility around thoughts and emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses; it can be useful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues or relationship struggles. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and teaches practical strategies to change them, which can ease symptoms of anxiety, depression and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Sophie works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s goals and preferences, trying options and adjusting based on what helps most. The aim is to combine reflective work and skills training so people can notice change and use new strategies day to day.

Online sessions offer flexibility and can fit around work, caring responsibilities or busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to attend therapy from different locations and at times that work for each person.