Sophie Howe, BACP

Sophie Howe is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety and life changes. She works with worries about relationships, self-esteem, depression and focus. Sophie also helps with trauma, grief, addiction concerns and challenges linked to chronic illness. She meets people who want clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day coping.

Sophie aims for a simple, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. Sessions are conversational and paced to the person. She encourages practical steps alongside exploring underlying patterns that affect mood and behaviour.

Her background includes four years of professional practice in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sophie draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioural work, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking, emotionally focused ways of relating and client-centred listening.

In sessions Sophie helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding. That might include small behavioural experiments, values-based planning or working on difficult emotions between meetings. The aim is to build skills that make daily life more manageable and more aligned with what matters most to the person.

People who choose Sophie often want straightforward, practical support alongside compassionate listening. She invites prospective clients to consider what matters to them and to take the next step when they are ready.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Sophie draws on cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment ideas in her work. Cognitive behavioural approaches look at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and use practical tasks to test new ways of responding. Acceptance and commitment ideas focus on noticing difficult thoughts while taking small steps towards what matters most to the person.

She also uses attachment-based perspectives to understand patterns in relationships and emotions. That approach helps people who struggle with closeness, trust or recurring relational hurts to see where those patterns began and try different ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Sophie treats it as a collaborative decision. She will work with the person to choose which methods to try, and adjust those choices as goals and needs change over time.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow a gentler rhythm for check-ins and practical tasks between meetings.