Sophie Archer, BACP

Sophie Archer is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years' experience in mental health work. She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, family and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people struggling with sleep, eating, parenting pressures, anger, self-esteem and career worries.

Sophie uses straightforward talking and practical exercises in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside attachment-based and client-centred approaches to look at thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Sessions aim to make unhelpful patterns clearer and to try different ways of responding in everyday life.

Her style is focused and collaborative. Sophie listens to what is most important and then suggests short exercises or skills to try between meetings. She works step by step, checking progress and adjusting the plan when needed.

She also uses elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Jungian ideas where these fit a person's needs. Those approaches are used to build emotional regulation skills and to explore personal meaning when that is helpful.

Sophie has experience with additional issues such as abandonment and attachment difficulties, chronic illness and pain, communication and control problems, divorce and separation, and non-monogamous relationship concerns. People who want a practical, structured way to notice patterns and test new responses often find this approach useful.

How Sophie uses structured approaches in online work