About Sophia
Sophia Dar is a counsellor who helps people manage stress, anxiety and low self-esteem. She supports people facing relationship strain, grief, depression and major life changes. Sophia aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can build coping skills that fit daily life.
She focuses on tailoring each session to the person in front of her. Sophia uses conversational, warm language and keeps therapy goal-oriented. She often uses live chat and messaging as her main way of working, alongside other formats, to suit different needs.
Background and approach
Sophia has eleven years of experience and holds an NCPS credential. Her training includes a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Health and Well Being, a diploma in psychotherapeutic counselling and a diploma in hypnotherapy and counselling. She also completed Level 2 counselling skills and A levels in psychology and biology.
In practice she blends psychodynamic thinking with behavioural methods and other approaches. That means she will look at underlying patterns and also try practical strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Sessions aim to balance understanding the past with making manageable changes now.
Sophia works with a wide range of concerns such as panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, social anxiety, body image and workplace issues. She also supports people through cancer, hospice and end-of-life matters and helps with smoking or vaping cessation. Her work is person-centred and sensitive to multicultural and communication needs.
Approaches used in online therapy and how they help
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. In sessions a person learns to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practise small changes that reduce anxiety and low mood over time.Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to encourage new perspectives and coping habits. It can be used to address habits, smoking or vaping cessation and to reduce anxiety symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels comfortable, then try methods that match those aims. That means therapy can shift between understanding deeper patterns and using practical strategies, depending on what helps most.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a near face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments, and they allow people to choose the format that feels most manageable.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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