Sophia Constantinou
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About me
There is no ‘right’ reason to begin therapy. Whatever your reason for clicking on my profile, I welcome you and your uniqueness.
Sometimes we lose connection with ourselves beneath the expectations of everyday life. I often work with people who have always felt different or on the outside. Those who feel too much and yet not enough. Perhaps you feel you’ve been playing a role for too long and have lost your voice. Maybe you want to explore repeating patterns and new ways to relate to yourself, others, and the world so that you can live your unique life, or maybe you just know you need some space for you.
I am a BACP Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapeutic Counsellor based in Hertfordshire/Online. I offer an honest, creative, heart and soul-led space. I value difference and diversity in all its forms with a neurodiversity-affirming approach. There are no expectations for how you 'should' be in therapy; your needs matter, and we adapt where possible.
In this space, all of you is welcome- the hidden and shamed parts, the contradictions, the grieving, the joyful. My practice is based in the belief that there is meaning to our ‘symptoms’ and so we work collaboratively at your pace, meeting challenging moments with curiosity and care. I show up as myself with the hope that you might do the same. My role as therapist, is as a fellow human and traveler, journeying alongside you and supporting your journey home to yourself.
Training, qualifications & experience
Training
I am trained in Integrative Transpersonal Psychotherapeutic Counselling. This means that I work in an integrative way, adapting to your needs and bringing together different therapeutic approaches.
The approaches I draw from include: Psychodynamic, Jungian, Gestalt, Person-centred and Transpersonal therapy. Together, we honour the past and present, unconscious, mind, body and soul. Where relevant, we may lean into metaphor, dreams, story, imagination and body awareness as an alternative way to access that which talking may struggle to.
I am in regular supervision and engage in continuous learning. Examples include:
- 'Working with suicide'
- Safeguarding
- DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) skills
- 'The Flesh- Understanding & Working with Neurodivergent Bodies
Experience
Within the therapy role, I have experience with:
Relational trauma, grief, life transitions, disordered eating, anxiety, low mood, a sense of meaninglessness, intergenerational trauma, carers, identity and loss of sense of self, boundaries, neurodivergence, burnout, self-harm.
Outside of the therapy room, I have worked within an NHS Eating Disorder team for several years, primarily but not exclusively with Anorexia Nervosa, supported people with more general mental health struggles through various charities, and have worked with neurodiverse children and young people.
I have specific interests in neurodiversity, relational trauma and difficulties, grief, meaninglessness, and purpose.
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
£65.00 per session
Additional information
£65 per 50-minute session. I offer a 20-minute free initial conversation via phone or online video call.
I have a limited number of concessionary rates available. Please get in contact if relevant for you.
CURRENT AVAILABILITY
Friday mornings- sessions available in-person in Hertfordshire or online. Location can be provided upon contact.
Friday afternoons- sessions available online only.
I have some evening weekday slots available online. More session times may become available, so please get in touch.
Further information
You do not need to have everything neatly lined up before you contact me, nor do you have to wait until you reach 'rock bottom'.
If you'd like to reach out, I welcome you. Send me an email, and we can organise a free 20-minute conversation where we can explore your wants and needs, and you can ask me any questions you may have.
