About me
Hello my name is Sharon. Welcome to my profile. I understand that life can feel overwhelming and you can feel stuck at times. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, self worth, burnout, relationship difficulties, challenges of neurodiversity or navigating a major life transition, working through a past un resolved experience, or looking for someone to support around your life goals, or a deeper connection with yourself, counselling can help to be that transformative tool.
Many clients arrive in therapy believing they need to fix something about themselves, they describe feeling lost, disconnected, overwhelmed, or as though they have forgotten who they truly are.
Beneath the anxiety, low mood, stress, or self- doubt often lies something much deeper- a disconnection from the self.
How do we lose connection with ourselves?
As children and adults, we often learn to adapt to meet the needs and expectations of others. we may become people pleasers, perfectionists, carers, or high achievers because those roles once helped us feel safe or accepted.
Overtime we become so focused in surviving we lose touch with our emotions needs, values and intuition. We stop listening to our bodies and begin living from our heads alone.
Counselling offers a space to explore your thoughts and emotions in a safe, non- judgemental environment working with compassion and curiosity. There is no expectation to be anyone other than yourself.
I explore with clients not ‘What’s wrong with me?’ rather we explore together ‘What has happened to me?’ and ‘What part of me needs attention right now?’
As an experienced Humanistic counsellor with over 12 years experience across private practice, G.P surgeries , University settings, and as a lecturer in counselling skills, I draw from a range of therapeutic approaches and counselling skills to meet the unique needs of each client.
I Provide a compassionate space for deep reflection and self-understanding where clients learn to recognise their emotions, understand the messages their body is sending them, reconnect with forgotten strengths and values, notice patterns that no longer serve them and work to develop self-compassion instead of living with the inner critic.
How Counselling Can Help
Mange Anxiety and Stress- learn techniques to calm your mind, regulate emotions, feel more in control, reframing negative automatic thoughts with more balanced thoughts. Build sustainable healthy self care routine.
Build Self- Esteem - Challenge negative self-talk, and explore the inner critic. Uncover narratives that hold you back. Develop self-compassion, self acceptance, set healthier boundaries, respond rather than react , learn to trust your own judgement and cultivate a healthier self-image.
Work through Past Experiences- Explore how past experiences may be influencing your present emotions and narratives. Learn ways to let go of old patterns and stuck emotions in order to move forward.
Navigating Life Transitions- Whether it is a career change, loss, or relationship breakdown, counselling can help you process emotions, explore options, provide insights in order to move forward with confidence.
Get In Touch
If your looking for a supportive reflective space to adopt curiosity in order to explore your current thoughts, narratives that hold you back in life, repressed or overwhelming emotions, work through unresolved past experiences, life goals, or looking to reconnect with your authentic self, I'd love to hear from you whether you are new to counselling or have experienced therapy before, my aim is to walk alongside you as you reconnect with your inner resources, resilience and a sense of self together at a pace which is comfortable for you.
I work online or in my dedicated garage conversion with parking and easy accessibility.
To book a session please email me, I will contact you back on your preferred method of email or text to arrange a 10 min telephone consultation.
Cost
£50 per 50 mins
Training, qualifications & experience
- Supervision level 6 CPCAB
- Counselling Diploma level 5- Swansea University (2013)
- Counselling skills level 4 - Swansea University (2011)
- PGCE level 7- University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2017)
- Masters Education - University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2021)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( 2011)
- Informed Trauma - New Pathways
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - Association for psychological therapies
- Transactional Analysis 101
- Understanding and working with Autism - National Autism society
- ADHD and Autism
- Mind and body breakthrough treating anxiety and intrusive thoughts
- Grief/ loss
- Prevent suicide awareness
- Dices level 2 risk assessment and management - APT
- Safeguarding/Prevent training up to date (2025)
- Self harm -BACP
- Solution Focus Therapy - BACP
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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Fees
£50.00 per session
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Additional information
I offer discount rates to trainee counselling students and university students
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Further information
Level 6 CPCAB supervisor - new pathways
