Sidonia Stiles, BACP
Sidonia Stiles is a counsellor with 27 years of experience who helps people make sense of relationship struggles, grief and ongoing anxiety.
About Sidonia
Sidonia Stiles is a counsellor with 27 years of experience who helps people make sense of relationship struggles, grief and ongoing anxiety. She uses a warm, person-centred way of working that aims to make people feel heard and understood. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese and can be held online for international clients.
Sidonia focuses on the stories people bring from their upbringing and family life. She often uses genograms to map family patterns and to spot where old behaviours and beliefs began.
Background and approach
This practical tool helps people see connections between past events and present feelings. She also supports people facing loss and bereavement. Sidonia draws on Gestalt ideas to honour each person’s unique way of grieving and to find ways of moving forward that feel authentic.
Her approach is gentle and paced to the individual. For relationship concerns she combines person-centred work with relationship psychodynamic ideas to look at how early attachments shape current patterns. This can help with intimacy issues, communication problems and commitment worries.
Sidonia holds a Higher National Diploma in Person Centred Counselling and a Level 5 Diploma in Relationship Therapy from CPCAB. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Before training as a counsellor she worked for ten years as a group worker with residential young people.
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 389622 | October 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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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 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
Ways of working Sidonia names
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Approaches in online therapy and how they help
Sidonia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them. ACT focuses on values and small steps, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people understand intimacy issues, communication problems and commitment concerns by tracing relational habits back to their roots.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Sidonia will work together with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs and day-to-day reality. That might mean mixing person-centred listening with ACT exercises or using genograms to map family patterns and then trying CBT techniques for practical change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules. Video calls are useful for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break, while live chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or when writing helps someone reflect. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite location or travel commitments.
Frequently asked
What issues does Sidonia support?
She supports stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, intimacy concerns, addictions and trauma and abuse among other areas.
What style of therapy can I expect?
Sidonia uses a person-centred way of working combined with relationship psychodynamic ideas. She also draws on CBT, ACT and attachment-based methods when helpful.
How long has she practised?
She has 27 years of experience, including ten years as a group worker for residential young people before training as a counsellor.
What qualifications and region are listed?
She holds a Higher National Diploma in Person Centred Counselling, a Level 5 Diploma in Relationship Therapy from CPCAB, and is registered with the BACP in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese and Sidonia accepts international clients.
What formats are offered for sessions?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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