About Sharen
Sharen Robertson is a counsellor with 14 years of practice. She works with people facing anxiety, stress and depression. She also supports those coping with trauma, substance misuse recovery and the impact of abusive relationships.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens and helps clients build skills to manage symptoms. She mixes talking therapy with tools people can use between sessions to cope with daily challenges.
Sharen draws on several widely used approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-informed work.
Background and approach
She adapts these to each person's needs rather than using a single fixed method. That means sessions can feel tailored and down to earth. Her background includes long experience helping people with ADHD and autism, chronic illness, grief after sudden loss, and navigating major life changes.
She has also supported people affected by domestic abuse, childhood abuse and trafficking, and brings lived experience of some of these issues. Sharen is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers sessions remotely to people in the United Kingdom and internationally, with options that suit different schedules and preferences.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them. It supports values-based action so people can move toward what matters despite anxiety or low mood. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences in the first sessions and help decide which methods to use. That collaborative process means plans can be adjusted as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when helpful. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring roles and daily life, while keeping a consistent, ongoing process with a registered professional.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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