About Sharon
Sharon Lenihan is a counsellor who helps people manage anxiety, stress and the after-effects of trauma. She has worked since 2021 with a Sexual Survivors Trust supporting adults and young adults who have experienced sexual violence. Sharon presents a calm, steady presence and aims to make reaching out feel easier.
Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs and pace. Sharon draws on person-centred ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic thinking, and mindfulness practices to shape the work.
Background and approach
In practical terms she helps people process difficult memories and intense emotions. She also works on building coping strategies for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and relationship strain. The goal is to rebuild a sense of safety, self-trust and resilience.
Before training as a counsellor, Sharon worked for many years in safeguarding roles. That experience involved supporting people through crisis and navigating complex systems. It contributes to her ability to hold sensitive material and to offer grounded, trauma-informed support during stressful times.
People come to Sharon for help with a wide range of concerns including trauma, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting strain, workplace stress, ADHD-related challenges, anger and self-esteem. She aims to listen without judgement and to walk alongside people as they find ways forward.
Practical therapy approaches and online support
Sharon uses a blend of approaches so sessions focus on what helps you most. Person-centred work means she listens closely and follows your pace, helping you feel heard and respected as you talk through difficult experiences. Cognitive behavioural techniques involve spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying practical ways to change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness-based practices are offered to help manage strong emotions and to build calmer attention in daily life.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy. Sharon will work collaboratively to decide what fits your needs, goals and preferences. Together you can try different ways of working and adjust the plan as things change.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when helpful, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when writing feels easier. These options give flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings and ways of communicating that suit each person.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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