Sophie Lockwood, BACP

Sophie Lockwood is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She practises as a BACP member, and she approaches sessions with a warm, non-judgemental style. Sophie aims to help people feel heard and supported while they work through difficult moments.

She focuses on stress and anxiety, depression and bipolar issues, and problems linked to addiction. Sophie also supports people dealing with trauma, abuse, relationship strain, grief and anger. Her practice includes work around self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Sophie follows a client-centred approach, which means sessions are led by the person seeking help. The client’s experience and goals shape the pace and direction of therapy. Sophie listens, reflects, and offers encouragement rather than giving step-by-step instructions.

Her background includes roles as a recovery worker and harm reduction worker supporting people with substance misuse. She has volunteered and worked with women affected by domestic violence, sexual trauma, exploitation and trafficking. Those roles inform her practical understanding of safety, power dynamics and recovery.

In sessions Sophie aims to make complex feelings easier to understand. She helps clients unpick what is happening in the here and now and how past events might still affect them. The work is collaborative - Sophie helps people recognise strengths and practical steps they can take.

People meet Sophie for short-term issue-focused work and for longer-term support. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so conversations can fit around everyday life.

How Sophie’s approach works online

Sophie practices client-centred therapy, which puts the person seeking help at the heart of each session. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people make sense of their feelings. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, relationship strain and the emotional impact of trauma.

Her background supporting people with addiction and trauma means she pays attention to safety, pacing and the client’s readiness to discuss difficult material. Sophie aims to adapt the pace and focus to what each person needs, working together to find the best way forward rather than imposing a fixed plan.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can work well on the move, live chat offers quicker check-ins and text messaging supports shorter or ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to book around work, childcare and everyday life while keeping therapy practical and accessible.

Finding the right approach is collaborative; Sophie helps clients decide which formats and pace feel most helpful based on their goals and circumstances. Registered or accredited professionals can tailor session length and format as progress is made.