Sophie Shotter

Integrative Counsellor

Sophie

Sophie is an Integrative Counsellor, working with both adults and children, and is able to choose skills from a number of different modalities to best suit those she supports. Sophie has a Person Centred approach with embodiment central to her practice. She has twenty-five years’ experience as a Yoga teacher and has a background in the arts. Her approach as a Counsellor is holistic and creative and she can bring therapeutic Yoga and creative arts techniques into the Counselling space to facilitate growth and development, as an alternative or alongside talking therapy. Sophie is particularly interested in Body Process, Somatic resourcing, Meditation, grounding and breath awareness. She has supported clients extensively with anxiety, stress, loss and grief.

Specialism

Adult Therapy, Child Therapy

Locations Covered

Cornwall, Devon

As you may be aware, on the 14th April 2025 the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) announced changes to the Fair Access limit with a reduction of funding to £3000 and the discontinuation of the separate Fair Access Limit for specialist assessments.

We are currently working really hard to amend quotes for ongoing therapy work to fit within the new Fair Access Limit and working closely with Adopt South West and other local RAAs. We are also working closely with other specialist adoption support providers and therapeutic organisations including DDP connects and Theraplay UK to explore how we can continue to deliver specialist therapies within this limit.

If you are waiting for a new package of therapy please look out for correspondence from ASW or your regional adoption support agency, as they will need to regain your consent for the amended therapy contract.

If you are concerned about the impact of the delay on your family or have questions about the therapy or assessment you are waiting for please get in touch with Ellen or Jen and we will do our best to support you.

We will be contributing to a wider response to this and the following is a link to a petition requesting government action – Petition · Action Against ASGSF Changes (Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund) – United Kingdom · Change.org