Sonia Roberts, BACP

Sonia Roberts offers a calm, patient approach grounded in three years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom. She uses straightforward listening and respectful conversation to help people make sense of difficult feelings. Sonia aims to create a space where someone can talk things through at their own pace and begin to feel more able to cope.

Before becoming a counsellor she spent 25 years working in social care. That background shaped how she understands stress, anxiety and the pressures of family life. Sonia often supports people facing parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression or family conflict, and she also pays attention to related issues such as attachment worries, blended family dynamics and care-related stress.

Her approach blends Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on the person’s own goals and experience, with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools to tackle unhelpful thinking and patterns. She also draws on Psychodynamic Therapy to look at how past experiences can shape current feelings and relationships.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Sonia aims to help people identify small, manageable steps that make daily life feel easier. She listens without judgement and works at a gentle pace suited to the individual.

People considering counselling are encouraged to reach out and complete the initial matching steps to see if Sonia is a good fit. From there they can schedule sessions and begin to work on the issues that matter most to them.

How Sonia's approaches can work online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the work and focuses on listening, empathy and the client’s own goals. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and offers practical exercises to try between sessions; this can be useful for anxiety, low mood and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sonia will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit the person’s needs, goals and preferences. She may use listening and reflective conversation alongside CBT-style exercises when that combination fits the issue being addressed.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change, while keeping the focus on practical progress and emotional understanding.