SOPHIE MOORE O'NEILL

Turning 50 or 60 often brings a wave of change nobody quite prepares you for — an empty nest, a changing body, a shifting sense of identity, or a nagging feeling of "who am I now?" If that sounds familiar, you're not alone, and you don't have to navigate it without support. I'm a BABCP-accredited CBT therapist and qualified Occupational Therapist, with 25 years of previous experince in NHS services. My work combines evidence-based CBT with a practical understanding of how daily habits, routines, and physical wellbeing affect mental health — particularly during major life transitions. While my specialism is midlife transitions in women 50+, I also treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), OCD, and PTSD using CBT — many clients are managing one of these alongside other midlife challenges. What I bring beyond my clinical training is lived experience. I have cared for aging parents while raising a teenager, retrained mid-career to complete my third postgraduate qualification — in CBT — and gone through my own midlife transition while building my career and practice. I am also a singer/songwriter and this year, at 63, I released my debut album, which meant confronting the same fears of vulnerability and "starting too late" that so many of my clients bring into session. Therefore, I don't just understand midlife reinvention clinically — I'm living it. Together, we can work through the anxiety, the overwhelm, and the identity questions, and build a practical, compassionate path toward your next chapter. Specialisms: midlife transitions, anxiety (including GAD, OCD, PTSD), menopause-related mood changes, empty nest transitions, identity and purpose, caregiving overwhelm. Approach: CBT and CBT-informed approaches including ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and Mindfulness (MBCT). Mindset Coaching.