Sharon Shaw, BACP
Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with ten years of clinical experience and a BACP registration.
About Sharon
Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with ten years of clinical experience and a BACP registration. She writes plainly and directly, drawing on her own long personal therapy journey and professional practice to help people understand stuck emotions and limiting thoughts. Sharon uses an empathic, interactive style in sessions.
She focuses on relational dynamics, sexual and emotional abuse, narcissistic behaviour, infidelity and depression. She also supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
Her work blends approaches so conversations and practical exercises match each person’s needs. Cognitive behavioural techniques help with unhelpful thinking and short-term changes. Attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas look at patterns in relationships and feelings.
Sharon has written about her personal and professional journey and aims to help people build self-awareness. She encourages clients to notice survival responses, name emotions and practise new ways of responding. She describes her manner as warm, respectful and non-judgemental.
Sessions are tailored to the individual. Sharon can help with parenting strain, intimacy-related worries, career pressure, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related coping. People also turn to her for issues linked to adoption, ageing, body image and caring for someone with serious illness.
She offers therapy in English and welcomes international clients. Practical options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, and sessions use a cancellable subscription model.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| 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
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How her approaches work in online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early connection patterns shape feelings and current relationships. In short sessions this helps people notice repeating patterns and practise new ways of relating to others and themselves.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with simple experiments. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and managing daily habits that get in the way of life.
Emotionally-focused ideas help people name and sit with strong feelings so those emotions stop driving automatic reactions. This is often helpful for intimacy-related issues and relational distress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose which methods fit a person's goals, needs and preferences, and will adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client read facial cues and try interactive exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing notes between sessions or times when typing feels easier than talking. Registered professionals use these formats to make therapy easier to fit into work, family life and travel schedules.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Sharon help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression and trauma-related concerns. Additional areas include relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain and self-esteem.
What is Sharon's therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, authentic and interactive. Sessions combine conversation with practical exercises to help people notice patterns and try different responses.
How long has she been practising?
Sharon has ten years of experience as a psychotherapist and also draws on personal therapy in her work.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
How can sessions be delivered?
Sharon offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability; the subscription can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to start working with her?
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