- Person-centred approach
- Integrative methods
- Works with adults
About Sharon
Sharon Strickland is a counsellor who aims to make therapy approachable and practical. She invites people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to cope to talk through what matters most. Sharon uses a calm, listening style to help people find clearer ways forward.
She holds a BACP accreditation, which is recorded as BACP. Sharon describes her work as integrative, drawing on several approaches to match each person’s needs. That means sessions focus on the person in front of her rather than a single fixed method.
In practice she combines client-centred conversations with techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic ideas when these help. Sessions tend to centre on exploring feelings, spotting unhelpful patterns, and trying different ways of responding. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Sharon has four years’ experience and offers counselling to young people and adults. She works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma, parenting strain, anger, career questions and life changes.
Her additional focus areas include attachment, body image, communication and control issues, domestic violence, guilt and shame, loneliness, panic and phobias, self-harm and other young adult issues. If you think counselling could help, the first step is a short match and a booking to see how you get on.
How Sharon's approaches can work online
Sharon works from a person-centred perspective, which means sessions focus on the individual's experience and priorities. In practice this looks like open listening, reflecting what matters to the client, and pacing the work to their needs.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, offers practical ways to spot patterns in thoughts and behaviour and to try small experiments to change them. It is often helpful for anxiety, panic, phobias and low mood. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships and early patterns influence current feelings and reactions, which can clarify why certain difficulties keep recurring.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will discuss options and try methods that match the client's goals and preferences. That collaborative rhythm helps shape what happens in each session rather than sticking rigidly to one model.
Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, for example reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that helps. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt interventions for remote sessions so the focus stays on making steady progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does Sharon help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression, and covers relationship and family difficulties. Other areas include trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, career questions and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are person-centred and collaborative, with an emphasis on listening and understanding. Techniques from CBT and psychodynamic ideas may be used when they suit the client's needs.
What is Sharon's experience?
She has four years of counselling experience and uses an integrative approach to tailor work to each person. That experience includes supporting young people and adults.
Where is Sharon based and what are her credentials?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is recorded as BACP. The profile uses the credential exactly as supplied.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try counselling?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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