Sonia Minards
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About me
Life can feel overwhelming for many reasons. You may be struggling with anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties, work pressures, or simply feeling that you've lost a sense of who you are or where you're heading. Whatever has brought you to counselling, you don't have to work through it alone.
I offer counselling for individuals and couples in a warm, non-judgemental environment where you can speak openly and feel heard, and where I will compassionately challenge stuck beliefs and patterns.
My approach is relational, which means I believe that understanding ourselves happens through understanding our relationships with partners, family, friends, colleagues and, importantly, with ourselves.
Whether you're looking to understand long-standing patterns, navigate a difficult life transition, strengthen your relationship, or find a greater sense of purpose and direction, our work will be shaped around what matters most to you.
Alongside my counselling practice, I continue to work in a senior executive the legal sector. This gives me a lived understanding of the realities many people face as they balance demanding careers with relationships, family life, and personal wellbeing. It also given me first-hand experience of people who can be outwardly successful, carrying significant responsibility, but privately struggling with pressure, identity, relationships, or meaning. As well as understanding how communication, trust, and conflict influence the way we relate to one another at work.
I work with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, stress, burnout, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, identity and purpose, grief and bereavement, family challenges, and workplace issues such as imposter syndrome, career transitions, leadership pressures and finding a healthier balance between work and life.
I offer face-to-face and online counselling from my private practice in North London and online.
Training, qualifications & experience
I am qualified in Psychosynthesis Counselling, an integrative approach which looks at the causes of the issues you are facing and focuses on moving forwards with renewed meaning and purpose.
In addition to my client work, I am also a training facilitator teaching therapists and coaches Couples & Relationship facilitation skills with Alkimia Training: https://www.alkimiatraining.com/
I undertake regular training to deepen my knowledge and expertise. Relevant training and qualifications:
- Systemic Leadership Coaching & Constellations Practitioner Programme - The Whole Partnership, in collaboration with the Centre for Systemic Constellations
- Transpersonal Coaching (level 2) - Hetty Einzig
- Diploma in Couple & relationship facilitation - AlkImia Training
- Practitioner Skills for working with Eating Disorders - National Centre for Eating Disorders
- Postgraduate Diploma Psychosynthesis Counselling - Psychosynthesis Trust
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
Fees
£80.00 - £120.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I operate a sliding scale fee structure linked to your income level, please contact me for more details.
When I work
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I currently availability on Fridays for individuals or couples.
If you are interested in a sort introductory call or booking an initial session with me please do get in touch and I'll respond upon my return.
Further information
Please contact me by email or phone if you would like to find out more about working with me. I can also offer an initial 15-minute free phone consultation to discuss how I may be able to assist you.
If you would like to proceed from there we would then book an initial session to meet each other, and discuss in detail what has brought you to counselling, how we may work together, and for you to ask any questions you may have.
