Sidonia Stiles, BACP
27 years in practice
Sidonia Stiles is a counsellor who focuses on relationship strains, grief and everyday pressures like anxiety, stress and low mood.
License and registration
- BACP
- 389622 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 27
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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About Sidonia
Sidonia Stiles is a counsellor who focuses on relationship strains, grief and everyday pressures like anxiety, stress and low mood. She uses straightforward conversation to help people untangle difficult feelings and work toward clearer choices. She is known as Sonia to some clients and practises from the United Kingdom.
Sidonia draws on nearly three decades of experience working with people in a range of settings. She trained in Person Centred counselling, holding a Higher National Diploma in Person Centred counselling (HND) and a Level 5 Diploma in Relationship therapy from the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body.
Background and approach
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Her approach pays attention to the ways family background, culture and early relationships shape how people relate now. She commonly uses genograms - simple family maps - to make patterns visible and discuss how those patterns affect current relationships.
This can help people see repeating cycles and choose different ways of responding. Sidonia also works with grief and bereavement, using ideas from Gestalt therapy to respect each person’s individual process. For relationship concerns she blends person-centred listening with relational tools to focus on connection and communication rather than blame.
She offers sessions in English and Portuguese and has experience supporting people from LGBT communities. Many clients find her style calm and practical, suited to honest conversations about difficult life changes and parenting or caregiving stress.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sidonia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sidonia names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
How Sidonia blends relational approaches with online care
Sidonia often uses Systemic ideas to look at how family and cultural patterns shape current problems. Systemic work makes it easier to spot repeating dynamics and begin to change them by focusing on relationships rather than only symptoms. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and still choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes because it teaches practical ways to act while difficult feelings are present. Attachment-Based Therapy features in her work when exploring how early relationships affect trust and intimacy now. This approach helps people understand emotional needs and try new ways of connecting that feel safer and more satisfying. Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify what fits a person’s goals and situation, adjusting the focus as therapy progresses. Online sessions offer practical advantages. Video calls let people work face to face without travel. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, journal-style reflection and flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. These formats make it simpler to keep therapy consistent during life changes.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Sidonia works with relationship difficulties, grief, anxiety, stress, depression and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing career changes, addictions, sleeping problems and caregiver strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and person-centred, with practical tools to spot relationship patterns. Sessions aim to make feelings clearer and help people try different ways of relating.
How long has she practised counselling?
She has 27 years of experience, including early work as a group worker with residential young people and long experience addressing family dynamics.
What professional credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted, and she conducts sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to support remote work.
How are sessions delivered and what formats are available?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
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