- Person-centred approach
- Relationship focus
- BACP registered
About Sidonia
Sidonia Stiles welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by life changes, relationship strain, grief or persistent anxiety. She offers calm, straightforward conversations that help people make sense of what they are facing. Sidonia works in English and Portuguese and has 27 years of experience in counselling practice.
Sidonia uses a person-centred way of working. She listens and helps clients find their own solutions rather than imposing a set plan. She also draws on relationship psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape how people relate now. Sessions often explore personal history, recurring patterns and how these affect current relationships.
Her background includes ten years as a group worker for the local council supporting young people in residential care. That work involved family dynamics and difficult relationship situations, and it informs her present approach to complex relational issues. She is registered with the BACP, which is shown as BACP on her profile.
Sidonia works with grief and bereavement using Gestalt-informed ideas about loss. She also uses genograms as a tool to map family patterns and attachments that influence behaviour and feelings. People come to her for help with stress, depression, intimacy and related concerns, including adoption and foster care matters when these are part of someone's story.
Sessions are offered in the evenings and at weekends in her private practice in Eastbourne, and she has been providing online sessions since the COVID period. Prospective clients who prefer Portuguese may be able to have sessions in that language.
How Sidonia adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Sidonia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred therapy as key influences in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them drive actions, and it can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Client-Centred therapy puts the person's experience at the centre of sessions, with the counsellor offering empathic listening to help people find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sidonia will discuss goals, preferences and life circumstances in early sessions and recommend ways of working that suit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process and adaptations can be made as understanding grows.
The profile notes she has been offering online sessions since the COVID period. If you are considering online sessions, confirm which specific formats are currently offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can arrange appointments at evenings or weekends more easily. They also let people choose whether to use video or lower-bandwidth options depending on what suits them best.
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Experience
27+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Portuguese
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Sidonia help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression and intimacy-related issues, among other concerns such as adoption and foster care when these are part of a client's experience.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work is person-centred and relational. She listens carefully, helps clients name patterns, and uses relationship psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences shape current relationships.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 27 years of experience and previously worked ten years as a group worker with residential young people for the local council, which informs her approach to complex relationship dynamics.
What qualifications and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and holds a HND Diploma in Person Centred counselling and a Level 5 Diploma in Relationship Therapy with CPCAB. Her practice is based in Eastbourne, United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography states that she has been offering online sessions since the COVID period; confirm current session options with the practitioner before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.