Sonia Spina, BACP

Sonia Spina offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or big life changes. She meets clients with warmth and straightforward care, helping them talk through difficult feelings and practical next steps. Sonia uses an accepting, non-judgemental style to help people feel heard and clearer about what to do next.

Sonia trained as an integrative counsellor and is a registered member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She combines client-centred work with psychodynamic ideas, tailoring sessions to each person rather than following a fixed script. This means time is spent listening closely and noticing patterns that matter to the client.

Over five years of practice she has worked with anxiety, depression, relationship problems and grief, including bereavement related to suicide. Sonia also supports people facing low self-esteem, anger, hoarding and other difficult emotions. Her background includes work with trauma and childhood sexual abuse, and she is open about having experienced counselling herself during training.

In sessions she aims to be honest, empathic and down-to-earth. She offers a space where people can name painful memories, sort through current stresses and try small changes between meetings. Sonia encourages practical coping strategies alongside talking about deeper patterns.

People who prefer a steady, compassionate listener may find it easy to begin with her. To start a conversation clients use the platform Start Therapy process and then arrange sessions based on Sonia's availability.

How Sonia's approaches work online

Sonia uses client-centred therapy and psychodynamic approaches in her work. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the person's own agenda, which helps with anxiety, stress and self-esteem by building trust and clarity. Psychodynamic therapy looks for recurring patterns from past experiences that affect present feelings, which can be useful for relationship issues, grief and deeper emotional struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sonia will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most helpful, and she checks in as things change. The aim is to match technique and pace to the client's needs, goals and preferences rather than sticking to one method.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow quicker follow-ups and make scheduling around work or family commitments simpler. If you want to know which session formats are available, please confirm the current options before booking so you can pick what suits your routine.