About Sophie
Sophie Benson is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who uses a practical, people-focused approach to help with everyday difficulties. She brings five years of professional experience and holds the NCPS credential. Sophie aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk honestly about what is worrying them.
She works with stress and anxiety and supports people facing life changes. Sophie also helps with low self-esteem, relationship strain, parenting concerns and grief.
Background and approach
Her practice includes attention to eating issues, career worries, and problems linked to ADHD and autism spectrum differences. Sophie draws on a mix of counselling methods to suit each person. That can mean listening closely and reflecting back what matters, using practical tools to spot unhelpful thinking habits, or focusing on short-term steps that move things forward.
Sessions are shaped around what the individual needs that week. People meet Sophie for one-to-one conversations by video, phone, live chat or messaging. She aims to make sessions straightforward and easy to fit into busy lives.
The focus is on small, manageable changes that build confidence and coping skills over time. Sophie welcomes questions about how she works and what to expect. She encourages a gentle pace and collaborative goal setting so each person feels involved in their own progress.
Using practical therapy approaches in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The counsellor reflects feelings and helps someone find their own solutions, which is useful for anxiety, low mood and relationship worries.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It uses straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and develop new habits, which can help with panic, obsessive thinking and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sophie will discuss options and try different ways of working until a good fit is found. This is a collaborative process that draws on a person’s goals and what feels most helpful in sessions.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats offer flexibility for different routines and help people keep continuity of care despite distance or changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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