About Sidonia
Sidonia Stiles (Sonia for short) helps people who are facing anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, grief and low mood. She works with issues around intimacy, addiction, self-esteem and life changes. She makes time to listen and to understand what matters to each person.
She trained in person-centred counselling and holds a Higher National Diploma in Person Centred Counselling. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has a Level 5 Diploma in Relationship Therapy from CPCAB.
Background and approach
Her background includes ten years as a group worker for local authority residential services, supporting young people and managing difficult family dynamics. Sessions often draw on ways of understanding how upbringing and family patterns shape current difficulties. She uses genograms to map family relationships and traces patterns that can feed tension and misunderstanding.
This helps people see how past experiences affect how they relate now. She also works with bereavement and loss, using ideas from Gestalt to honour each person’s experience of grief. For relationship concerns she blends person-centred and relationship psychodynamic ideas to look at interaction patterns and feelings beneath them.
Sidonia has worked with LGBT people in relationship and one-to-one work and offers therapy in English and Portuguese. She practises from Eastbourne in the United Kingdom and moved some work online during the Covid period. For anyone thinking about therapy, she aims for clear, calm conversations and practical ways to move forward.
What Sidonia works with
Everything Sidonia lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Sidonia is listed here; the rest shows what else Sidonia works with.
- 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 counselling
- 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 lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Sidonia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the ways early relationships shape current bonds and communication; it can help with intimacy issues and relationship conflict. Client-Centred Therapy centres on being listened to without judgement, so people can find their own solutions and build self-trust. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sidonia will work with each person to decide which methods feel most useful for their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust the focus over time, and agree on practical steps to try between sessions. If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact formats Sidonia currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow a shorter check-in when time is limited. The therapeutic tools described above adapt well to online conversations, and many people find similar progress can be made through remote sessions as in-person ones. Registered or accredited professionals can guide you on pacing, homework tasks and communication methods so the work fits into everyday life.Questions people ask about Sidonia
What concerns does Sidonia commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, intimacy issues, addictions and self-esteem. She also addresses caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image and other listed focus areas.
What style of therapy can someone expect?
Sessions use person-centred listening alongside relationship psychodynamic ideas and other approaches named in her profile. The work focuses on understanding feelings, relationship patterns and practical steps to cope.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of experience including a decade as a group worker with residential young people and many years in independent practice.
Which professional credential does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP in her profile.
Can sessions be held in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients as noted in her profile.
What session formats are available?
The original biography indicates she began offering online sessions after Covid. Please confirm current session options with the therapist before booking.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time according to the fact sheet.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability as described in the getting started guidance.
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