Sophie Mayes
Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
Anxiety Disorders Specialist.
Sophie is a UK based accredited Cognitive behavioural therapist who has over 20 years experience working in the field of mental health, with a clinical background as a senior qualified Occupational Therapist.
She has worked across a number of different health settings over the years, including drug and alcohol detox, personality disorders, and forensic and general adult acute mental health settings. Since working as a CBT therapist, Sophie has taken an interest in adults and teenagers with depression and anxiety disorders. Having worked as a private practitioner for four years and for a busy NHS talking therapies service since for 10 years Sophie is a confident and capable therapist and has experience in running group and individual therapy.
Sophie has worked at the Centre for Anxiety disorders and trauma (CADAT), Maudsley hospital as part of a career development placement. There, she gained experience in working with people with a wide range of anxiety disorders where she had expert supervision and developed a particular interest.
In addition she developed a sound knowledge & specialist experience working with;
Anxiety - Stress
Anxiety - Agoraphobia
Anxiety - Generalised (GAD)
Anxiety - Health
Panic / Panic Attacks
Anxiety - Performance
Anxiety - Social
Anxiety - Phobias
Emetophobia (Specific Fear of Vomit)
Depression - Low Mood
Depression - Major
Low Self-Esteem
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Perfectionism
Trauma - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Trauma - Complex PTSD
Trauma - Road Traffic Accidents
Work - General
Work - Bullying
Work - Redundancy
Work - Stress
Sophie is also experienced in the treatment of the below problem areas;
Anger Issues
Perinatal Depression
Depression - Seasonal Affective Disorder
Self Harm
Sexual dysfunction
Sleep - Problems
Sleep - Insomnia
Tinnitus
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/M.E.
Occupational Issues
Personality Disorders
Physical Health Problems
Psychosis/Schizophrenia
Relationships
Types of therapy Sophie is trained to use in her practice include:
BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
CFT - Compassion Focused Therapy
Coaching (Career / Life)
Couples Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Interpersonal therapy
Mindfulness
Sophie continues to attend training through this organisation to keep up-to-date with evidence-based treatments.
Sophie is employed as an associate tutor at Surrey University and University College London. She has special interest in supervising, teaching and tutoring, also training and supervising junior psychiatrists at the Maudsley hospital.
Sophie is also accredited to work as an Interpersonal psychotherapist, which is an evidence-based treatment for depression.
Sophie is warm, inquisitive and enthusiastic. She really enjoys her work and seeing people making steps to recovery. She passionately believes that CBT is an effective treatment and has seen many successes over the years. She embraces working in a collaborative, fun and creative way to move towards goals and life-style changes.
Feedback about therapy with Sophie
“I went into therapy feeling sceptical about the process and that it couldn't work for me. My introduction session with Sophie made me feel at ease and after a few sessions I started seeing and feeling the benefits of putting into practice the techniques we had discussed. Sophie was very relaxing and understanding due to my shift work. My experience with Sophie has changed my outlook of therapy completely and I would highly recommend Sophie” Tom
Professional Accreditation/Qualifications
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, BABCP accredited
Member of British Association of Behavioural and Psychotherapies
Qualified Occupational Therapy
Registered Clinical Psychologist, Health Professions Council