About Sophie
Sophie Lockwood is a counsellor with four years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She works with people dealing with stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression and low self-esteem. Sophie believes clients know their own story and brings a supportive, non-judgemental attitude to each session.
She practises client-centred therapy, which means she follows the client’s lead and helps them make sense of what they are feeling right now.
Background and approach
Sessions are calm and focused on empowering the individual to recognise strengths and cope with difficult feelings. Sophie aims to make space for honest conversation and gradual change. Her background includes roles as a recovery worker and harm reduction worker supporting people with substance misuse.
Sophie has also volunteered as a counsellor supporting women experiencing anxiety and domestic violence. Currently she works as a mental health specialist with women who have experienced sexual trauma, exploitation, violence and trafficking. People often come to Sophie when they want to understand the root causes of their reactions and build practical ways to manage daily life.
She describes her approach as warm, welcoming and non-directive, offering guidance while allowing people to lead the pace of change. Sophie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She uses that professional framework to guide her practice and ethical commitments while helping clients move toward greater self-sufficiency and wellbeing.
Client-centred help online and how it works
Sophie works in a client-centred way, which means she listens closely and follows what each person brings to the session. This approach helps with anxiety, stress, relationship worries and understanding reactions to trauma by focusing on the person’s experience rather than giving directions.Her practice also draws on experience supporting people with addictions, bereavement and sexual trauma, using a gentle, non-judgemental stance to help clients untangle painful memories and build coping skills. Those practical conversations aim to increase self-understanding and day-to-day wellbeing.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Sophie will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, and together they will decide which ways of working feel most helpful. She adapts her pace and style to suit each person rather than following a fixed script.
Online appointments are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets people share thoughts in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while maintaining continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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