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Sharon Shaw, BACP

Practical, warm therapy for clearer thinking and feeling

10 years in practice · based in United Kingdom · sessions in English · online sessions

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About Sharon

Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with ten years of clinical experience and a BACP registration. She combines practical talking therapy with compassionate support to help people understand unhelpful patterns and find clearer ways forward. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going.

She also uses attachment-based and emotionally focused ways of working to look at how past relationships influence current feelings and reactions.

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Background and approach

Hypnotherapy can be offered as an additional tool when it suits a person’s goals. Sharon’s style is warm, direct and interactive. Sessions focus on what matters now and on small steps that make a difference between meetings.

She avoids fixed labels and prefers to work with each person’s unique story and strengths. Her clinical interests include anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related concerns and self-esteem. Additional areas of focus include attachment issues, body image, neurodivergent presentations such as ADHD, and relationship difficulties like narcissistic behaviour and infidelity.

Sharon has written about her personal journey and brings that perspective to therapy, encouraging self-awareness and practical change. She supports people who want to understand survival responses, manage difficult emotions, and build more effective ways of coping with life changes.

Therapeutic approaches and online therapy options

Sharon commonly uses cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based work in sessions. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours to help people try different responses to anxiety, depression and unhelpful habits. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns formed in early relationships and how they shape reactions in adult life, which can be useful for intimacy-related problems and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, personal history and preferences, then try methods that suit those aims. That collaborative stance means the plan can change as progress is made and as new priorities emerge.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life or when living far from a therapist.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Sharon commonly help with?
She works with issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related problems and self-esteem.
What is Sharon's therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm, direct and interactive, focusing on practical steps and developing self-awareness through talk-based work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Sharon has ten years of experience working as a psychotherapist and has also undertaken extensive personal therapy during that time.
What are her professional credentials and where is she based?
She holds BACP registration and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Sharon accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Languages
English

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