Sonia Witney

Counselling & Psychotherapy in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex and Online via Zoom

Hello, my name is Sonia, thank you for looking at my profile. I am an experienced counsellor with over 15 years experience and a degree in Psychology (1996). I offer a safe, warm, empathic space to explore whatever is going on for you in your life.

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soniawitney.counselling.online

Phone

07795 388507

Email

sonia@witney.com

Website

www.soniawitney.com

About me and my practice

I am an experienced integrative counsellor. I completed my degree in Psychology with First Class Honours at the University of Surrey in 1996. I subsequently trained as a counsellor and have now been counselling for over fifteen years.

Most of us at some time in our lives will encounter difficult and challenging times. We may feel unhappy, lonely, anxious, or overwhelmed. At times like this it can be helpful to have the ongoing support of someone who is not directly involved in our daily lives.

I will offer you a safe and supportive space where together we can explore whatever difficulties you are experiencing. I will offer you feedback on what I observe and any patterns of behaviour or thought processes that might be hindering you. This can be helpful and may give you some insights about yourself and how sometimes experiences from your past might be affecting you today.

If you are feeling stuck and seeking more meaning and purpose in your life together we can look at ways to develop inner resources and facilitate change.

Counselling can be helpful in gaining acceptance over past events and be a reparative healing experience resulting in feeling more present and positive about your life, and developing a deeper connection with yourself, the most important relationship you will have in your life.

Experience

I believe in a holistic approach whereby counselling can have a beneficial effect on the body's physical health as well as helping cognitively and emotionally.

My postgraduate training has included a one year course on the embodied therapist.

I have also studied a one year postgraduate course on attachment and I have a particular interest in how our attachment styles, which are formed in childhood, can influence our "choices", both conscious and unconscious, in our adult relationships.

I have also done extensive training in grief work, participating in grief circles, and life, death, rebirth cycles, and transitions in life.

I have an interest in nervous system regulation techniques, un-conditioning what society has taught us, letting go and leading more authentic lives. This can arise often out of a big life event or radical change which triggers this process but it always involves courage and I aim to provide support and walk alongside you as you navigate this.

I have worked with people with the following difficulties:

Grief and loss including the loss of a loved one, the end of a significant relationship, miscarriage, stillbirth, fertility issues, and unexpected loss such as suicide

Loss of health

Cumulative/complicated grief including collective grief experiences e.g. COVID or grief of environmental issues

Grief of unmet needs e.g. childless not by choice

People who grew up with a parent who did not meet their needs

Neurodiversity, particularly partners of those diagnosed with Autism or Asperger's

People who identify as HSP (Highly Sensitive Person)

Life transitions e.g. menopause, empty nest syndrome, separation and divorce

Loneliness

Finding meaning and purpose in life

Boundary work and sense of self

The counselling I offer can be long or shorter term depending on your needs.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), Psychology (First Class), University of Surrey, 1996

FdA, Counselling (Integrative), University of Greenwich, 2009

Additional Information

Please email me if you have any questions about counselling or if you would like to make an appointment.

I also offer a complimentary thirty-minute phone or Zoom call. Please email me and we will arrange the best time to have this call.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Professional Membership

Registered MBACP

Professional Register

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

Verified by Counsellingo on Monday, 29 September 2025

Initial Consultation

I offer an initial session for £25 (50 minute session). This is an opportunity for us to meet each other, to explore your expectations of counselling, and to consider how we may best work together. It is also a chance for you to ask any questions or discuss any anxieties you may have about counselling, and to help you decide if I am the right therapist for you.

Fees

Each counselling session costs £55. I also offer a prepaid block of eight sessions at a time for £400 with a review after each block.

When I Work

I have online Zoom appointments available on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday afternoons.

Therapeutic Approach

Integrative, Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Transpersonal

Video Platforms

Zoom

Pronouns

She/Her

Area

East Sussex

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