Sophie Nevill, M.A.
The Journey
After a few difficulties around health and relationships as a teenager, Sophie decided to learn meditation at the age of 18. Since this time Sophie has now been meditating daily for over 10 years. So inspired and encouraged by the incredible life-changing benefits of meditation, and also seeing a great need for a deeper sense of peace and serenity amongst her peers, Sophie started teaching meditation at the University of Edinburgh when she was undertaking her degree. Since this time, Sophie has been teaching meditation to many people across various cities around the world.
Although teaching meditation has always been Sophie’s greatest passion, she also started to find that it wasn’t always enough to help her students deal with, and integrate, life’s difficulties and challenges. Subsequently in order to be of the highest support to her clients, Sophie realised she needed to gain a greater understanding of the human mind, body and soul. This led Sophie to under undertake a full time, 4 year training in Transpersonal Psychology and Mindfulness-based Counselling. This training has allowed Sophie to more acutely understand the human psyche and spirit and has given her the knowledge and experience she needs to fully and wholly support her clients in navigating and integrating the inevitable ups and downs of life in a healthy and grounded way. Sophie is a now a registered Transpersonal Psychotherapist and a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
After a few difficulties around health and relationships as a teenager, Sophie decided to learn meditation at the age of 18. Since this time Sophie has now been meditating daily for over 10 years. So inspired and encouraged by the incredible life-changing benefits of meditation, and also seeing a great need for a deeper sense of peace and serenity amongst her peers, Sophie started teaching meditation at the University of Edinburgh when she was undertaking her degree. Since this time, Sophie has been teaching meditation to many people across various cities around the world.
Although teaching meditation has always been Sophie’s greatest passion, she also started to find that it wasn’t always enough to help her students deal with, and integrate, life’s difficulties and challenges. Subsequently in order to be of the highest support to her clients, Sophie realised she needed to gain a greater understanding of the human mind, body and soul. This led Sophie to under undertake a full time, 4 year training in Transpersonal Psychology and Mindfulness-based Counselling. This training has allowed Sophie to more acutely understand the human psyche and spirit and has given her the knowledge and experience she needs to fully and wholly support her clients in navigating and integrating the inevitable ups and downs of life in a healthy and grounded way. Sophie is a now a registered Transpersonal Psychotherapist and a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
Alongside this training Sophie has been undertaking her own ever-deepening meditation practise and inner self-work, which has led her to have a number of various Awakening experiences. Through these experiences Sophie has become more acutely and deeply aware of her own true Self beyond the sense of personhood. More and more Sophie has been able to experience this inner stillness and spacious Awareness permeate her day to day life. Recognising her essential 'no-thingness' and yet her very real manifested earthly human self, Sophie aims to hold this level of Awareness with every client she has. To gently and compassionately hold both the 'human' and the 'being' aspect, without bypassing either. It is Sophie's experience that when life is seen and experienced more and more from this 'being' aspect, the world starts to becomes a much lighter, easier and more fulfilling place. From this place one can then start to see all their human parts, both the light and the dark, from a higher perspective and thus move towards them with greater acceptance, love, forgiveness and compassion. It is Sophie's belief that only from this place of compassion and understanding for both ourselves and others, can we truly start to come into wholeness and step ever more fully into our true Self beyond these parts. The Self we were always destined to be.
Over the years Sophie has worked with a wide range of ages stemming from 6 to 98 years old. Through her experience she has gained a very strong faith in the inherent wisdom of each client to know what they need in every given moment. She thus aims to create the perfect space and container for her clients to find their own inner security, strength and wisdom throughout each session. She believe therapists are merely guides to help hold a compassionate and non-judgmental container for their clients to connect ever more deeply to their own 'inner therapist/teacher/parent'. Sophie has substantial experience working with anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, spiritual challenges, family and relationship issues, life purpose difficulties and existential crises'.
Furthermore, throughout her life Sophie has had various health issues and physical pain difficulties. This has led her on a journey to study the mind/body connection in great depth. Her passion for healing both on the physical and non-physical realms has led her to focus more specifically on the role of emotions in disease and learning various ways to help both herself and her clients connect to the deeper wisdom and message of their illness and pain. Subsequently Sophie also specialises in seeing clients who may have chronic health and/or pain issues and aspires to help support her clients in compassionately navigating, and finding the higher reason behind this sometimes arduous journey.
Over the years Sophie has worked with a wide range of ages stemming from 6 to 98 years old. Through her experience she has gained a very strong faith in the inherent wisdom of each client to know what they need in every given moment. She thus aims to create the perfect space and container for her clients to find their own inner security, strength and wisdom throughout each session. She believe therapists are merely guides to help hold a compassionate and non-judgmental container for their clients to connect ever more deeply to their own 'inner therapist/teacher/parent'. Sophie has substantial experience working with anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, spiritual challenges, family and relationship issues, life purpose difficulties and existential crises'.
Furthermore, throughout her life Sophie has had various health issues and physical pain difficulties. This has led her on a journey to study the mind/body connection in great depth. Her passion for healing both on the physical and non-physical realms has led her to focus more specifically on the role of emotions in disease and learning various ways to help both herself and her clients connect to the deeper wisdom and message of their illness and pain. Subsequently Sophie also specialises in seeing clients who may have chronic health and/or pain issues and aspires to help support her clients in compassionately navigating, and finding the higher reason behind this sometimes arduous journey.
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Certifications
- Masters in Clinical Mental Health with a concentration in Transpersonal Psychology and Mindfulness Based Counselling - University of Naropa, Boulder, CO (3 years, full time)
- Foundation in Transpersonal Counselling - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy, London (1 year, full time)
- Meditation Teacher (10 years experience)
- Children's Meditation Teacher - Completed course with CalmKids, London
- Certified Angel Card Reader (10 years experience)
- Reiki Healer, Level 1 and 2 (10 years experience)