- Years in practice
- 12
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Sonia
Sonia Clarke is a counsellor with 12 years' experience. She offers calm, non-judgemental support to people facing stress, anxiety, grief and other life difficulties. Sonia works with practical tools and conversations that help people find clearer choices and feel less overwhelmed.
Her background includes a Diploma Level 5 in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, an Integrative counselling qualification and BACP accreditation. Sonia has experience managing counselling services and supervising other counsellors at a local mental health charity, which helped shape her practical approach to care.
Background and approach
In sessions she blends Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Solution-Focused ideas alongside humanistic and psychodynamic perspectives. That means she uses exercises to spot unhelpful thinking, short-term steps to change difficult patterns, and space to reflect on deeper feelings. Conversations are kept straightforward and focused on what a person wants to change.
Sonia aims to make therapy useful and manageable for busy lives. She listens closely, helps set realistic goals, and offers techniques clients can use between meetings. Work may include tackling low mood, panic, sleep or eating problems, family and relationship worries, parenting strain, or the fallout from trauma and loss.
Sessions are held online in English for people in the United Kingdom. Sonia follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy code of ethics and takes regular supervision as part of her practice.
What Sonia works with
Everything Sonia lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sonia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sonia lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sonia uses CBT and solution-focused work online
Sonia uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic, low mood and sleep or eating problems by providing clear steps and exercises to practise between sessions.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify small, achievable steps that move them toward their goals. This approach focuses on strengths and practical change, which can be helpful when someone wants faster, goal-oriented progress.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Sonia works with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That means sessions may combine short-term exercises, reflective discussion and practical tasks agreed together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone calls work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit people who prefer written reflection or need to fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity and fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Sonia
What issues does Sonia commonly help with?
Sonia supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also works with parenting strain, anger, sleep or eating difficulties, addictions and relationship or family concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and down-to-earth with practical tools and reflective conversation. Sessions balance short-term problem solving with time to look at deeper feelings when useful.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy, including service management and supervision roles at a local mental health charity.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Sonia is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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