Sonia Dugay

Sonia Dugay is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing anger and related difficulties. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk about problems such as anxiety, low self‑esteem, relationship strain and coping with life changes. Sonia uses listening and gentle guidance to help people feel heard and find ways forward.

She has nine years' experience and has worked in a support centre for survivors of rape and sexual abuse. That work exposed her to issues such as trauma, self-harm, eating difficulties, intimacy problems and anger management concerns. More recently she has worked in private practice and supported people whose mental health was affected by the lockdown period.

Sonia draws on a person-centred approach that starts from the view that the client holds important answers about their life. She focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what she hears, so clients can find their own solutions rather than being told what to do. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how early experiences might still influence current feelings and behaviour.

In sessions she blends these approaches with solution-focused and trauma-focused methods when appropriate. That means practical steps and longer reflection can sit alongside each other, depending on what a person needs. Sonia speaks English and offers therapy to people in the UK and internationally.

Outside work she values physical activity for wellbeing, including brisk walks and dance. She presents as warm and approachable and aims to help people move toward more hope and clearer choices for their future.

How Sonia's approaches work in online therapy

Sonia commonly uses person-centred work and psychodynamic ideas when supporting people online. Person-centred therapy focuses on careful listening, reflection and helping the client find their own answers; it is useful for issues like low self‑esteem, relationship worries and anger that comes from feeling unheard. Psychodynamic work looks at past experiences and how they shape current feelings and reactions, which can help when patterns from childhood affect present relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy itself. Sonia will work with clients to decide which methods suit their goals and circumstances, and she adapts the balance between practical, solution-focused steps and deeper exploration as needed. This is treated as a collaborative process rather than a fixed programme.

Please confirm which online session formats are offered before booking, as the biography does not list explicit formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins or different ways of working when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can offer online counselling to help people maintain continuity of care while managing day-to-day life.