Sonia "Nina" Sweeney

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Help with parenting

About Sonia

Sonia "Nina" Sweeney helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and parenting difficulties. She uses Client-Centred Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). She has nine years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.

Nina works in straightforward, conversational sessions. She listens to what matters to the person in front of her and helps them talk through current problems and emotional responses. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage difficult feelings, understand relationship patterns, and cope with life changes such as separation, bereavement or caregiving stress.

Her background includes work with adults, teenagers and parents on issues such as self-harm, surviving domestic and narcissistic abuse, shame, low self-esteem and confidence. She also describes work around attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, body image and dissociation. This range shapes how she recognises patterns that can affect daily functioning and relationships.

In sessions she pays attention to how past experiences affect present behaviour and feelings. That can mean looking at how trauma has shaped responses and practising ways to notice and change unhelpful habits. The focus is on developing clearer self-understanding and more useful coping strategies.

Nina welcomes people from different backgrounds and works in English. She accepts international clients and applies her experience to help people manage stress, sleeping problems, compassion fatigue and other ongoing strains. To start, readers are invited to follow the site process to match with a counsellor and book an initial session.

How her approaches work for online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre of sessions. The counsellor listens carefully, reflects back what she hears and helps the person make sense of their feelings. This approach is useful for building self-awareness, improving self-esteem and working through relationship or parenting concerns.

Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past events affect present thinking and behaviour. It involves gentle, structured work to recognise trauma responses and develop ways to manage intrusive memories, dissociation or intense emotions. This approach is often used for people who have experienced abuse, domestic violence or other traumatic events.

Finding the right method is part of the work together. Nina will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then agree a way of working that fits the person’s needs. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

The practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions around work, childcare or study and reducing travel time. Online appointments can make it easier to keep continuity when living abroad or managing caregiving duties. Confirm the exact session formats offered before booking, since the biography does not list formats, and then plan times that work with day-to-day commitments.

Topics Sonia lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Sonia

Does she work with anxiety and depression?

Yes. She works with stress, anxiety and depression using conversational sessions to address thoughts, feelings and coping strategies.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Client-Centred Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy, focusing on listening, understanding personal experience and addressing trauma-related responses.

How long has she been practising?

She has nine years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.

Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).

Can I have sessions in English from outside the UK?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.

How much do sessions cost?

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

How do I start working with her?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.