Counsellor profile
Sharon Shaw, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP psychotherapist - relationships and trauma
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 134439
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Attachment ideas
- CBT techniques
- Emotion-focused work
About Sharon
Sharon Shaw is a BACP-registered psychotherapist practising in the United Kingdom with ten years' clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression and issues linked to identity and intimacy. Sharon also supports those coping with grief, parenting pressures, career change, ADHD and codependency concerns.
Sharon trained to masters level and has undertaken a decade of personal therapy, which she says informs her clinical approach. She combines attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive-behavioural techniques to help people notice patterns that cause repeated upset. Sessions are described as interactive and direct, focusing on relational dynamics and the impact of past hurt on present choices.
Sharon often works with people who have experienced narcissistic or sexual abuse, infidelity, and addictive behaviours. She talks through survival responses and helps people recognise how those responses shape their relationships and self-image. Her interest in intimacy, body image and alternative sexual cultures informs how she discusses sexual and relational concerns.
She also uses emotionally-focused work and hypnotherapy elements where helpful. Practical tools from CBT are offered alongside reflective conversation to shift unhelpful thoughts and small daily habits. Sharon aims to help people understand restrictive thinking and stuck emotions so they can make clearer decisions about boundaries and care.
Sharon has authored books about her own process and writes to encourage increased self-awareness. She works with adults from different backgrounds and accepts international clients. Sessions are conducted in English and details on session arrangements and fees are given through the service booking steps.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Sharon draws on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people spot repeating dynamics that affect closeness and boundaries. She also uses client-centred therapy which focuses on listening and collaborating to clarify what matters to the person, and cognitive-behavioural techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Sharon will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt methods as sessions progress. The choice of technique is collaborative and reviewed over time so it fits the issue and the individual's way of working.
The practical benefit of online sessions is that they can fit into everyday life more easily. Please confirm which session formats Sharon offers before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it simpler to keep regular appointments, allow a shorter check-in when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work, childcare or other responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals using these approaches can help people apply tools from CBT, attachment-focused conversation and emotionally-focused work in ways that suit day-to-day routines.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, depression and related concerns such as codependency and ADHD.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are described as interactive and direct, combining listening with practical techniques from cognitive-behavioural and emotionally-focused approaches.
How long has she been practising?
She has ten years of experience working as a psychotherapist and has also completed ten years of personal therapy.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can she work with clients who live outside the UK?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment organised?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.