About Sharon
Sharon Strauss is a PACFA counsellor who helps people manage anxiety, stress and relationship problems. She offers straightforward support for depression, grief, trauma, addiction concerns and self-esteem. Sharon aims to make the first steps easier and to help people feel understood as they work through hard issues.
Sharon keeps sessions practical and focused. She listens first, then helps clients set small, doable goals. Therapy sessions are shaped around each person's needs, with plain language and simple tools to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several evidence-informed approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. She also uses client-centred and dialectical behaviour ideas to help with coping skills, emotional regulation and improving communication. Sharon has nine years of professional experience in Australia and runs an online practice alongside in-person work on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
She describes her approach as respectful and compassionate and adapts methods to suit each person’s situation. Typical concerns she addresses include anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, addiction issues, ADHD and life changes. Sharon also supports people dealing with career stress, body image, caregiver strain and complicated grief.
Someone starting with Sharon can expect a collaborative plan, clear strategies to practice between sessions, and regular check-ins to track progress.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying values and taking small actions in line with them. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching simple exercises to notice thoughts and choose behaviours that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns influence current relationships and emotional reactions. It can help people improve closeness, trust and communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and suggest methods likely to help. The choice of approach is collaborative and can be adjusted as the work progresses to match what is most useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and to read non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can fit into a short break and need less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins, homework support or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on practical skills and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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