Sophie Robinson-Matthews, BACP

Sophie Robinson-Matthews offers support for people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, trauma and life changes. She works with issues such as sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, career pressure, compassion fatigue and ADHD. Sophie also helps with relationship concerns and a wide range of related problems like body image, communication difficulties and attachment worries.

Sophie uses a person-centred way of working. That means she leads sessions with warmth, acceptance and a focus on your priorities. She aims to help people feel heard and to build more confidence and hope for the future.

Her practice is integrative. Sophie draws from several approaches including cognitive and behavioural methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking and dialectical skills. This allows sessions to be tailored to what each person needs that week.

Sophie has six years of experience working in support services and holds BACP accreditation. She keeps learning from psychology, counselling and other fields to widen her tools and update her practice. She prefers methods with a solid research basis and tries anything herself before suggesting it.

Sessions are collaborative and practical. Sophie uses insight-focused questions alongside strategies for managing emotions and behaviour. The aim is to help people make small changes that add up to clearer thinking, steadier mood and better everyday coping.

She accepts people who prefer different pronouns and welcomes international clients. Getting started is a simple online match and scheduling process designed to suit varied lives and routines.

How Sophie’s approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then commit to values-based action. It is often used for anxiety, stress and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early and current relationships to help people understand patterns and build safer ways of relating. It can be useful for attachment worries, abandonment concerns and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Sophie works collaboratively, listening to your goals and trying methods that fit your needs. Together you can adapt techniques from ACT, attachment ideas or person-centred work so the plan matches your situation and what feels most helpful.

Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets you see facial cues and work in depth. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit quick updates, written reflection or times when sitting on camera isn’t ideal. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.