Sophia Monerville, BACP
Calm, practical counselling for life and parenting challenges
Book with Sophia- Years in practice
- 9
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Sophia
Sophia Monerville is a counsellor with nine years' experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship worries and parenting challenges. She works with people dealing with grief, trauma, addictions, mood differences and life transitions. Sophia holds BACP accreditation and practises from the United Kingdom.
Her style is flexible and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on understanding how past experiences shape present feelings and behaviours. Conversations aim to increase awareness, clarify values and find practical ways to cope day-to-day.
Background and approach
Sophia draws on client-centred listening to create a calm, accepting space. She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to break unhelpful thought patterns and psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring relationship themes. Somatic methods may be used when emotions feel anchored in the body.
Therapy might include talking through difficult memories, trying new ways to respond in relationships, and building small routines for better sleep, eating and mood management. She supports people exploring identity, intimacy, parenting strains and career pressures without rushing to quick fixes. Sessions are collaborative.
Sophia helps clients set goals and reviews progress together. The aim is to leave people feeling more able to manage challenges, understand themselves better and make choices that match their values.
What Sophia works with
Everything Sophia lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sophia helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Sophia lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sophia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy is about being listened to without judgement and having your experience respected. Online sessions give space for that kind of listening, whether by video or message, and help people feel heard when talking about relationships, parenting strain or identity concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviours to improve mood and sleep. In remote sessions Sophia can guide practical exercises, thought records and small behavioural experiments that are easy to do between meetings.
Psychodynamic ideas look at patterns that repeat in relationships and where they might come from. Talking through those themes remotely can reveal how past experiences shape present choices and help people spot ways to respond differently.
Choosing an approach is a joint process. Sophia will work with each person to decide what feels most useful based on their goals, preferences and day-to-day life. She checks progress together and adapts the mix of talking, skills work and body-focused techniques if needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility. Video calls are close to face-to-face for in-depth work, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, live chat suits those who prefer typing, and text messaging allows brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family, work and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Sophia
What issues can Sophia help with?
Sophia works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep and eating issues, anger and self-esteem. She also supports people facing parenting strain, intimacy-related matters and identity questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and client-centred, emphasising listening and collaboration. She combines talking, practical strategies and body-aware techniques to help people manage feelings and change habits.
How much experience does she have?
Sophia has nine years of experience working as a counsellor. That background includes supporting people through relationship difficulties, trauma, mood differences and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule according to therapist availability.
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