Sharon Shaw , BACP

Sharon Shaw is a psychotherapist with ten years' clinical experience and a BACP registration. She writes plainly and listens closely, helping people understand patterns that keep them stuck. Sharon works in English and accepts international clients.

Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, addiction and depression. She also supports people dealing with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, body image and eating concerns, and challenges around parenting and caregiving. Sharon includes women’s issues among the areas she addresses and pays attention to the impact of trauma and abuse.

Sharon describes her style as warm, authentic and interactive. Sessions aim to build self-awareness so people can notice survival responses and restrictive thoughts. Conversations are tailored to each person rather than following a one-size-fits-all script.

Clinically she draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred ways of working and cognitive behavioural techniques. She also uses emotionally-focused work and hypnotherapy as part of a flexible approach. Together these methods help with emotional regulation, relationship patterns and unhelpful thinking.

Sharon has spent many years in personal therapy and has written about her journey. She frames therapy as a partnership that combines practical tools and reflective work. People who want to change long-standing habits, understand their relationships, or work through past hurt often come for this blend of talk and practical strategies.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions support them

Attachment-based work looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current emotional responses. It helps people understand why they react in certain ways to closeness and trust, and supports changes to make relationships feel safer and more satisfying.

Client-centred therapy emphasises being heard and respected. The therapist follows the person's lead, offering empathy and reflection so someone can find their own answers and build greater self-understanding.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression and problems like sleep or eating difficulties because it offers concrete steps to change thinking and behaviour.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharon will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt methods based on their goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative planning means techniques can be adjusted as progress happens and new issues emerge.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for relationship or attachment work, phone sessions can save bandwidth and suit those who prefer not to be on camera, and messaging or chat can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different time zones while keeping the focus on the therapeutic goals.