About me
My practice is online and I offer sessions in Therapy/Counselling and Supervision.
Deciding to see a counsellor is an important decision, giving you an opportunity to step out of everyday life, reflect on events, and speak to a professional who can help you make sense out of what is going on. Perhaps you feel stuck - talking with friends just isn’t enough, or you are tired of living in a bubble, going through the same motions every day, detached from the world.
How can I help you?
I offer a confidential space where we can explore together your concerns and support you towards the changes you wish to make in your life.
My speciality is working with individuals looking for deeper meaning, abundance and possibility in their lives, perhaps questioning their behavioural patterns, identity, sexuality, culture, gender, and sense of belonging. I have worked with a diverse client base both in private practice and organisations since 2008.
Professional Commitment:
- to build a therapeutic relationship with you based on honesty, trust and mutual respect.
- to give my undivided attention and fully listen to you without judgment, or advice giving.
- to help you to gain insight and clarity into the issues you bring and to hold the space for you
- to process whatever feelings come up.
- to support you to develop and strengthen your inner resources, giving you the tools and greater confidence to deal with uncertainty, conflict and situations that trigger you.
- to honour your unique individuality with full respect and care.
Getting started
We would meet for a free 30-minute introductory call. It’s a chance for you to ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and see if it’s the right fit - there’s no obligation to meet again.
On-going sessions are usually on the same day, at the same time each week, or twice weekly. Each session lasts 50 minutes.
If you’d like to know more, or book a free call, please click here to send me an email.
Training, qualifications & experience
I offer both time limited and open-ended therapy, and welcome people from all walks of life, with a particular sensitivity to experiences of difference and otherness. Therapy can hold whatever feels important to you. Questions around identity, purpose, or direction can arise for anyone, regardless of how you move through the world.
My own heritage and lived experience informs how I listen. I understand the subtleties of straddling different worlds, navigating assumptions, and questioning where and how we belong. I work affirmatively with LGBTQ+ & POC, and understand the impact of cultural expectations, stigma, and micro-aggressions as well as the deeper processes of healing, self-acceptance, and joy.
Areas I have experience working with include:
- Anxiety, depression, and low self-worth
- Burnout and chronic fatigue
- Stress and emotional overwhelm
- Identity exploration and belonging (including race, culture, sexuality, gender, family and community)
- Relationship issues—with self, others, and the wider world
- Family and community expectations
- Trust, isolation and internal conflict
- Erotic power play
- Psychosomatic symptoms and post-traumatic responses
- Coping behaviours including habitual drinking or drug use
- Change and transition
- Existential concerns and life purpose
- Financial anxiety and systemic pressures
- Micro-aggressions and experiences of discrimination
The therapeutic relationship lies at the heart of change. I am here to support your well-being and vitality and commit to:
- bring my full attention, without judgment
- listen for what wants to be heard
- meet you where you are, moment by moment
- support change through gentle challenge and honest reflection
- honour the fullness of your identity—however it is felt, lived, or named.
Qualifications & Membership:
- MA in Integrative Counselling @ London Metropolitan University, London
- Diploma in Humanistic and Psychodynamic Counselling Theory @ Goldsmiths University, London
- BA (Hons) Business Studies @ Westminster University, London
- Registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) https://www.bacp.co.uk/therapists/100552/sonia-edwards/london-ec3r
Vocational Certification
- Supervision with Soul @ Re-Vision, London
- TQH & Institut de Qi Gong et Dhamma appliqué: Instructor Training: Medical Qi Gong (1000+ hrs direct teaching)
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
We begin with a free 30-minute introductory call. It’s a chance for you to ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and see if it’s the right fit - there’s no pressure to continue.
The initial consultation is £45, and ongoing sessions are £70.
Therapy: I believe therapy should be as widely accessible possible and offer a number of low-cost places. Please do enquire and we can discuss your circumstances.
Supervision: concessions are available for ALL trainees, newly qualified therapists (up to 2 years of qualifying), and therapists depending on individual circumstances.
When I work
All sessions are held online via Zoom. My schedule is Monday to Friday, from 7am to 7pm GMT. Please contact me for more information, or to book a consultation.
Further information
Locations:
- Online sessions
Since 2015, alongside working therapeutically, I have been undertaking intensive Medical Qi Gong instructor training, which is an ancient practice rooted in traditional Chinese medicine.
The practice can be described as a movement meditation where the breath, posture and movement techniques are learnt as a way of guiding the body back to its optimum state of being. If you wish, we can explore how you may be holding tension or stress in the body, and how your posture, and the way you move, may reflect certain behavioural patterns.
