This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
My name is Sophie, and I am an integrative therapist - which I know doesn't really mean anything to most people when they first start therapy! The most important thing to know about how I work is that my focus is on you, the client; our sessions are a confidential space for you to explore your unique story, and what has brought you to where you are now. My job is to offer you a place where you can share, rant, laugh and cry - somewhere that feels real and safe, and you can be completely yourself.
One of the privileges of this work is bearing witness to the wide array of experiences and backgrounds of the people that I have worked with - and I hope to create a therapeutic space where no topic is off limits. I have particular experience in working with healthcare workers, people struggling in the perinatal period, and people exploring neurodivergence as adults. Academically, I am interested in power dynamics within culture and society, and how these affect the way we all move through our world.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have an MA (Distinction) in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy, and have been working in mental health services in the community for many years.
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
£75.00 per session
Additional information
I have some concession rates available - please get in touch for more details.
Further information
The beauty of the therapeutic relationship is that it is like no other relationship in our lives. It is a space where we can share our thorniest thoughts and not be judged; it is a tool that we can use to identify older tangled patterns of relating to others; it is a bond where vulnerability won't be punished or exploited. It is a place where we don't have to tie ourselves up in knots to be liked, or valued, or get it right. It is a relationship where we can just be as we truly are.
I have experienced the transformative experience that therapy can have, and like many of my colleagues, it is what has brought me to this work in the first place. There is something very balancing and liberating about understanding why you are the way you are, and why any previous coping strategies are not working so well any more. It can help you not only be the most authentic version of yourself in your life, but can also help you move through difficult times with self-compassion and a better sense of what you need.
In my therapy practice, I place emphasis on making sure sessions feel genuine and relevant to the client. I hope to offer an experience of therapy that isn't the ones we see in the media: cold or clinical, or impersonal and unsupportive. I bring my heart and curiosity to each session, ready to meet my clients wherever they are.
