About Sharyn
Sharyn Brew is a counsellor with eight years of experience supporting people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety and the effects of trauma. She also helps parents who are struggling with anger, ADHD-related challenges, or the demands of pregnancy and childbirth. Sharyn listens with calm attention and aims to make each session feel manageable and focused on practical next steps.
Sharyn trained through the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) and uses that background to guide her work.
Background and approach
Her practice pays attention to attachment, guilt and shame, and patterns that can pass through generations. She explains difficult ideas in plain language and helps people try small changes between sessions. Her experience includes work with children and parents, and with developmental and intellectual differences that affect behaviour at home or school.
That history shapes how she thinks about family stress and parenting pressures. She draws on that practical experience when helping clients decide what to do next. Sessions aim to create a steady, predictable space where people can talk through upsetting memories, practise new ways of coping, and reduce day-to-day anxiety.
Sharyn balances listening with gentle guidance and sets clear, achievable goals with each person. People who choose her will find a calm presence and a focus on workable strategies. She encourages questions and checks in about progress as therapy continues.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Sharyn uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding relationships and managing symptoms. One approach is attachment-informed work, which looks at how early relationships shape feelings and reactions; this helps people make sense of anxiety, anger and parenting difficulties. Another strand involves trauma-informed methods that gently address distressing memories and teach grounding or coping skills for overwhelming moments; these techniques support recovery from post-traumatic stress and abuse.Choosing which approach to use is part of the work together. Sharyn discusses each option with the client, considers their goals and day-to-day needs, and makes collaborative decisions about what to try first. She checks in and adjusts the plan as progress is made or needs change.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video helps when visual cues matter, phone calls can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and access help from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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