About Sonia
Sonia Clarke is a counsellor with 12 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She offers a warm, non-judgemental space for people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress or life changes. Sonia works to help clients talk through difficult feelings and find practical ways forward.
Sonia uses an integrative approach that draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other talking therapies. She explains thoughts and behaviours plainly and helps people notice small changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at reducing immediate distress and building everyday coping skills. Her background includes a Diploma Level 5 in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP. Sonia also holds a British Psychological Society approved Certificate in Supervision and has experience managing a counselling service at a local mental health charity.
In sessions she blends practical techniques with space to reflect. That mix supports work on issues such as panic, phobias, low mood, grief and relationship difficulties. Sonia also helps with longer standing patterns like obsessive worries, control issues and feelings of emptiness.
She receives regular supervision in line with BACP guidelines and keeps training as part of professional development. The focus in therapy is collaborative - clients set goals and Sonia helps break them into manageable steps.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Sonia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours affect each other and teaches practical strategies to reduce anxiety or low mood. It is useful for panic, phobias, obsessive thoughts and habits.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on the changes a person wants to make and on small, achievable steps toward those goals. This approach is helpful when clients prefer a forward-looking, goal-based conversation that builds momentum quickly.
Choosing the right way of working is a collaborative process. Sonia will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. The plan can change over time as progress is reviewed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who want to write between sessions or need brief ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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