About me
I’m Sophie, a Person‑Centred Counsellor specialising in self-esteem and the emotional patterns that come with it — people‑pleasing, burnout, over-responsibility, and feeling disconnected from who you are beneath it all.
I work with people who’ve spent years being the responsible, emotionally aware ones. The ones who hold everything together, stay tuned into everyone else’s needs, and quietly carry more than they realise. Over time, this can lead to overwhelm, self-doubt, anxiety, and repeating relationship patterns that feel frustratingly familiar.
In our sessions, you’ll have a warm, grounded space to talk about whatever feels heavy or tangled. You might be feeling anxious, stuck, or unsure how to break out of old habits. You might feel unseen or unheard, or like you’ve lost touch with the version of yourself you want to return to — or grow into. Together, we’ll explore what’s underneath these feelings with curiosity and compassion.
My approach is gentle, relational, and collaborative. I don’t rush the process or push an agenda. Instead, I help you notice patterns, understand where they come from, and reconnect with the parts of you that have been overshadowed by responsibility, pressure, or emotional overload. I believe the clarity you’re looking for is already within you — therapy simply gives it space to emerge.
When helpful, I offer psychoeducation around attachment, the nervous system, and self-regulation, so you can understand your experiences in a deeper, more empowering way. I work in a trauma-informed way, always checking in to make sure you feel safe, grounded, and regulated before leaving each session.
Humour is also an important part of how I work. Gentle, playful humour can help people breathe and feel safe enough to explore the harder things. Lightness can build relational depth, making it easier to talk about painful experiences without feeling overwhelmed. I’m also the sort of therapist who’s happy to share small personal experiences if it supports your process, always with your permission. Therapy doesn’t have to feel like a one-way mirror — if you want to ask where I bought my top, I won’t turn it into a deep psychological question. Sometimes you just want to know where the top is from, and that’s okay. Moments like that help the space feel real, relaxed, and human.
If you’d like to know more or ask any questions, feel free to reach out. And if you don’t hear back, please check your junk or spam folder.
Take care,
Sophie.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have previously worked within the mental health sector for a number of charities as a mental health practitioner as well as a counsellor.
Level 2 Listening Skills
Level 3 Counselling Skills
Level 5 Diploma Therapeutic Counselling
I have also studied skills for facilitating Emotional Mastery and Anxiety & Panic with Shauna Quigley.
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
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Fees
£50.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions cost £50 with each session being 50 minutes long.
When I work
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My in person sessions are available from 3:30pm on Mondays and I hold virtual sessions via Zoom between Tuesday - Thursday evenings.
Further information
My practice is located from an office space right in the city centre of Manchester in Piccadilly Gardens.
