Sophie Wilfin, BACP
Sophie Wilfin helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties.
About Sophie
Sophie Wilfin helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties. She supports people dealing with grief, parenting strains, issues around intimacy, eating problems, anger, and low self-esteem. Sophie also offers support for career worries and coping with major life changes.
Sophie works in a direct, warm style. She treats each person as the expert in their own life and listens first. Sessions aim to identify small, practical steps that feel doable.
Background and approach
The tone is calm and non-judgemental so people can speak honestly about what they are experiencing. Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods, including cognitive behavioural techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
Emotionally-focused and client-centred ways of working help people tune into feelings and build stronger self-understanding. Sophie has four years of professional experience and holds BACP registration in the United Kingdom. She has worked in bereavement settings and has practical experience supporting people through loss and grief.
That background informs how she holds sensitive conversations about bereavement. In sessions Sophie aims to help people feel steadier and more able to make choices that match their values. Therapy is collaborative - she helps clients set goals and review progress.
Her focus is on steady, realistic change rather than quick fixes.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 410260 | November 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sophie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Sophie names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns that began early in life and how they affect current bonds and trust. It can help with intimacy, communication problems and attachment issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sophie collaborates with each person to decide what methods feel most useful. She will check goals and adjust techniques so the work matches what the person wants to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation when you want face-to-face contact. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or suit lower bandwidth needs. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, or a different way to process feelings without being on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical, session-by-session progress.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Sophie help with?
Sophie supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, parenting issues, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy and eating-related problems, anger, self-esteem and career worries.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She offers a warm, non-judgemental approach that treats the client as the expert in their life and focuses on practical, manageable steps.
What is her background and experience?
She has four years of professional experience and has worked at Barnet Bereavement, giving her direct experience in grief counselling as well as supporting anxiety, depression and family-related difficulties.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
Sophie is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Sophie?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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