Dr Sophie Raymont

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About me

I am a Health and Care Professionals (HCPC) registered Clinical Psychologist with over 10 years experience working in mental health settings in the UK and abroad.  As a Clinical Psychologist I have studied to a Doctorate level, and use contemporary theories of psychology and evidence based interventions in my therapeutic approach. 

I have worked with adults and children experiencing depression, anxiety, social anxiety, health concerns and chronic health conditions, exhaustion and sleep difficulties, stress, psychosis, low self-esteem and low self-confidence issues, phobias, bereavement, relationship and family issues, emotion regulation difficulties and self-harming behaviour.  

I currently work in the NHS in central London with adolescents and families, supporting young people with mental health issues and providing parenting support alongside this. I also work in private practice with adults. I am a member of the Private Practitioner's register am able to provide talking therapy sessions for most health insurance providers. 

My approach

People come to therapy for a broad range of reasons; there may be an acute feeling of distress, a general sense of being unfulfilled and that there must be more to life, or a desire to enhance self-understanding and awareness. 

I offer therapy that can be short-term and focused on a specific concern (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), or more exploratory and open-ended (integrative therapy). We will agree together during our assessment sessions which approach would be best suited to your individual needs. 

My personal approach as a therapist is warm, empathic and direct. I believe therapy is most beneficial when clear and honest reflections are exchanged by both therapist and client. We will aim to create a warm, compassionate and truthful framework to allow you to fully explore yourself with another. I aim to help clients identify and connect with elements of their life that energise and fulfil them, and to move away from unhelpful patterns that drain them. 

I have experience of working with individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds in therapy (i.e. gender, sexuality, ethnicity, culture, ability, religion). I facilitate a monthly reflective space with a group of psychologists to think about the ways in which we can most helpfully work with diversity both in and beyond 1:1 therapy sessions. 

Coming to therapy

The idea of coming to therapy can be daunting. I understand this and actively consider and work with the mix of feelings that can arise during the process of therapy. 

Finding a therapist who is the 'right fit' is vital. I offer a free initial phone-call, at no cost or obligation to commit to therapy from you, to allow you to ask questions and see if we think we could work together. 

If after this phone-call you decide we could be a good fit, the initial 1-2 sessions will be assessment sessions in which we attempt to come to a shared understanding of the issues that have brought you to therapy, how they link with your life experience. From this, we will make a plan together on how to best address these issues given our shared understanding of them.  

After assessment, therapy will require meeting at a regular time (typically once a week) to allow us to build momentum to bring about observable change in your life.