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Sonia Clarke, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 12 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

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Sonia Clarke is a counsellor with 12 years' experience helping people through hard times. She aims to create a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about what matters. Sonia uses clear, practical methods to help people make changes and find solutions.

Sonia has worked with people facing anxiety, stress and phobias, and helps with low mood and grief. She also supports those dealing with relationship and family tensions, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, and career worries.

Background and approach

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including panic, OCD-type problems, mood disorders and compassion fatigue. She trained in an integrative approach and completed a Diploma Level 5 in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, combining different ideas to suit each person. Sonia is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which guides her professional practice.

In sessions she focuses on practical steps alongside helping clients understand patterns that keep problems going. Work often includes trying out small changes, learning coping techniques and testing new ways of thinking. Sonia also offers supervision experience from her time managing and supporting counsellors at a local mental health charity.

People who prefer a straightforward, gentle style may find Sonia a good fit. She aims to help clients feel less overwhelmed and more able to make choices that improve day-to-day life.

Approaches you can use online with a counsellor

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Sessions include noticing unhelpful thinking, testing those thoughts and trying small experiments to change responses. It is often used for anxiety, panic, low mood and obsessive patterns.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and practical steps rather than long histories. Work centres on identifying goals, spotting what already helps and building on small successes to move forward. This approach suits people who want clear, goal‑oriented work and fast practical changes.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences and needs and together you will decide which methods to try. That collaborative plan can be reviewed and adjusted as you go.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are close to face-to-face contact, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat works for short check-ins and text messaging suits ongoing, flexible support. These options help people who need appointments outside working hours, travel constraints or shorter, more frequent contact.

What kinds of problems can Sonia help with?

Sonia works with a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief and phobias. She also supports people facing relationship tensions, addiction, sleep and eating issues, parenting stress, anger and career worries.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style blends practical techniques and talking work to make change feel achievable. Sessions often include small, actionable steps and reflection on patterns that keep difficulties going.

How much experience does she have?

Sonia has worked in counselling and psychotherapy for 12 years, including clinical management roles at a local mental health charity. That experience includes supervising other counsellors.

What professional credentials does she hold and where does she practise?

She is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions available in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

Work can be arranged by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Sonia?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 12 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Sonia Clarke, BACP

Background and approach

Approaches you can use online with a counsellor

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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