Sonia Spina, BACP

Sonia Spina focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or big life changes. She presents a calm, approachable presence and aims to make first steps into therapy easier for someone who is worried or unsure. Sonia is a BACP member, and she draws on two complementary ways of working to support conversation and understanding.

Sonia uses a person-centred style that puts the client's experience at the heart of sessions. This means she listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people name feelings and priorities. That approach suits those who need space to talk things through and be understood.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences and relationships shape current patterns. This can help when worries return in familiar ways, or when someone wants to understand deeper reasons behind difficult feelings. Sonia blends these perspectives to match what the individual needs in the moment.

Her work has included supporting people with anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief and bereavement, self-esteem and identity issues including LGBT matters, plus challenges such as hoarding and panic. She also offers help around attachment, abandonment, body image, infidelity, self-harm, and coping with separation or divorce.

Sonia describes her style as warm, friendly and empathic. She draws on her own experience of counselling during training to relate to what it feels like to start therapy. Sonia aims to offer honest, non-judgemental support so people feel able to talk about what is troubling them.

How Sonia’s approaches work online

Sonia blends person-centred work with psychodynamic thinking to guide online sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person says so they can make sense of their feelings and choices; it helps with anxiety, low mood and relationship worries. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past relationships and early experiences influence current behaviour and emotional patterns, which can help when problems repeat or feel puzzling.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sonia will work collaboratively to identify what feels most helpful, and she will adjust the balance of listening and exploration as your needs and goals become clearer.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face to face when time and bandwidth allow. Phone sessions are a good option when you prefer not to be on camera or need a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit people who want brief, flexible exchanges or to write through their thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and daily routines while keeping the focus on making progress together.