Sidonia Stiles, BACP

Sidonia Stiles is a BACP-registered counsellor who offers calm, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also helps those coping with grief, addictions, low self-esteem and life changes. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese and she accepts international clients.

Sidonia draws on nearly three decades of experience in counselling and relationship work. She uses person-centred principles and relationship-focused techniques to help people make sense of their upbringing and current patterns. Conversations are practical and paced to each person’s needs, with attention to how family history shapes behaviour today.

Her background includes ten years working as a group worker with residential young people for a local council. That role involved supporting families and managing difficult relationship dynamics, experience she brings into one-to-one work. She also trained in relationship therapy with a Level 5 Diploma from CPCAB and holds an HND Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling.

In sessions Sidonia may use genograms to map family influences and draw on Gestalt ideas when working with grief and loss. She aims to create simple ways to understand recurring conflicts and to find practical next steps. The emphasis is on the person’s own perspective and what they want to change.

People who choose her often want clear, respectful conversation about intimacy, relationship patterns, parenting pressures or the weight of loss. To begin, readers should confirm current session options before booking and follow the site matching process to schedule a first appointment.

How therapeutic approaches come alive online

Sidonia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy in ways that are easy to follow. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect present patterns and helps people understand and change how they relate to others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sidonia treats this as a collaboration - she and the client talk about goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what feels most useful. That means techniques are chosen to fit the person, not imposed by a single model.

Her biography states she now offers online sessions. Please check current session options before booking to confirm how she is running appointments. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel, and it can allow shorter check-ins or sessions that do not require being on camera. Registered or accredited professionals can still use the same therapeutic tools online, and Sidonia adapts exercises, genograms and conversational work so they work in remote sessions.