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Sharon Shaw, BACP

Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with ten years of practice and a BACP accreditation.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
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About Sharon

Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with ten years of practice and a BACP accreditation. She writes plainly and compassionately about emotional healing, and she offers therapy that aims to help people understand why they feel stuck and how to move forward. Her work focuses on trauma, relationships, anxiety, depression and addictions.

She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting strain, work stress, body image and self-esteem issues. Sharon lists additional areas such as attachment difficulties, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and aspects of kink and alternative sexual culture.

Background and approach

Sharon blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on trauma-focused work, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and client-centred listening. The tone is warm, direct and interactive, with an emphasis on respect and sensitivity.

Sharon has spent a decade helping people untangle tricky relational dynamics, narcissistic and sexual abuse impacts, infidelity, and the effects of long-term stress. Her background includes ten years of personal therapy and experience writing about recovery and self-understanding. In sessions she aims to tailor conversations and plans to each person.

That may mean practical steps for coping, emotional exploration of past experiences, or building new ways to respond to difficult feelings. Sharon works in English and accepts international clients.

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Registration

Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	134439	January 2027

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sharon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Sharon names

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How Sharon's approaches translate to online therapy

Sharon often uses trauma-focused approaches that look at how past harm affects current reactions. This involves grounding work, paced exploration of difficult memories and building new ways to tolerate distress, which can help with anxiety, flashbacks and emotional overwhelm.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns. That work helps people notice how early bonds shape expectations, and it can guide exercises to try different ways of relating and communicating in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will discuss goals and preferences and together shape the approach that fits best. This means sessions can shift between talking, practical coping steps and exercises that build safer emotional responses.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and travel, while keeping therapy consistent over time.

Frequently asked

What kinds of issues does Sharon help with?

She helps people with trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression and addictions, along with relationship and intimacy-related concerns. Other focuses include grief, self-esteem, parenting, ADHD and eating or sleeping problems.

How would you describe Sharon's therapeutic style?

Her style is warm, authentic and interactive. Sessions typically combine listening with practical dialogue and tailored exercises.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

Sharon has ten years of clinical practice and ten years of personal therapy, and she has written about recovery and self-awareness.

What professional credential does Sharon hold and where is she based?

She is accredited with BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sharon offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what suits them best.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Sharon?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.